Lorelia’s memoires

 

I've been pretty reticent about sharing anything because I haven't done much.

Lorelia was a good quiet novice. Her accepted status was also a quiet one.

My other character, Faeryl, a Ward just came to be in January 2000, but she

is the one most active.

 

I barely remember how I found DM. I used to be in a RL roleplaying group. We played Shadowrun, Rifts, Vampire, Mage the Ascension, Forgotten Realms, Planescape, and Ravenloft. I had to move and I didn't have a computer

at the time. I tried to find RL players, but I live in a small town where

these things are considered Satanic (yes people still think that way). After

my fiance moved in, I got a computer. I was surfing the net looking for

some kind of on-line RP. Mainly Forgotten Realms. I had just found out

Robert Jordan even existed and my dad lent me his RJ books telling me that

They were some of the best fantasy he had ever read. My dad and I love all

fantasy. Anyway, I was looking for some RP sites. I had heard they all

sucked, but I hoped I would find something I could at least live with.

I had become addicted to RP'ing. *L*

In the list of sites for RP, I caught site of a White Tower site.

Just wanting to see what the White Tower had to do with my search for good Forgotten Realms RP, I went to check it out. I do not remember what the site looked like anymore, but I saw that it had a link called Dragonmount. Well, RJ is one of the best authors I have read and I wanted to check this out. I signed up purely on a "I'll take a look and go back to what I was doing" kind of thing. I had no intentions of

sticking around to actually play. (Sorry guys, I'm hard to grab.) But that nite,

someone icq'ed me looking to kidnap an Aes Sedai. Well, I told them sorry, I

was a novice. This was back in October of 1999. Aviendha was the person's

name. Totally confusing me, *L* she was trying to get me to do something

(join her org it turned out) and it took me weeks to reestablish poor Lorelia's identity properly and fix the confusion. Anyway, Aviendha hooked me up with Jimmy the Hand, and I listened to him talk on icq. I had to come back to this place. With characters like them, this might be fun. Poor Jimmy, I think I bugged him for a week trying to learn about DM. *LOL*

Finally, though, Lorelia was established. And boy did I get messages.

Jhaenara and Ja'varan were the first to message me to say hi, and then it

was an avalanche. Everyone talked like they had been friends for years!! It

took me a few months to feel welcome here cuz of that, but they tried like

hell! I was amazed at the friendliness and only really stayed because of

that. Now, DM broke two weeks after I joined, and we were on the Bravenet

boards. The RP was a bit blech because of that. But it got better, and better, and better. Before I knew it, in January of 2000, I created Faeryl to be a Ward and twin sister to Lilliana DeLeVee, an novice in the Tower. I have had my arguments with members of DM. A misunderstanding between Yveva

and myself, and pushy Reile or was it Kartos to fix it. (Thank you, and

Yveva, I love you *L*) Arguments about RP mainly. I stand solely on

fairness, and I am always the loudest to speak against it. Trying to

word my arguments to get across a good poiont. I have been so angry at DM I

wanted to put my fist through the computer. But that's why I stay. This is the

first time I have played with others, and they grab my emotions and my assion.

I have sit at this computer and cried when Evara bonded Matthias.

Yelled when Lasir left us. I have found a family that I fit perfectly in. And though my brothers and sisters fight with me and others, Mommy (the  Amyrlin) and Daddy (Phoenix) sit us down and give us the sharp edge of their

tongues and calm us down for mature explanations, because of that, we only grow closer. Mommy and Daddy have expanded. Mommy is now usually the

Amyrlin, or Phrygiana, and yes, Matalina and Radzynne. Daddy is Phoenix (though this daddy has been working alot lately), Segurant, and Ben T-Gaidin. And DM may piss me off at times, but I wouldn't want to be elsewhere. I have

thought of quitting it, but you can't quit your family. I am more than glad I

didn't.

 

other things:

 

Lorelia came to be from a terrible family. Minor nobles, her father killed

her true love. A soldier named Lars. She ran away to the White Tower to

see if she could channel and lo and behold, she could. She was quiet and

good.

She never had a punishment. She was raised to Aes Sedai of the White

Ajah. Shortly thereafter, Karana became Head of the Browns and passed to

Lorelia (cuz she always was good at trying to help the novices) the mantle of

Head of the Welcoming Committee. I love doing that both IC and OOC. I love

my girls. Because until the pass to Phrygiana, they are mine. I enjoy

being their first contact with the Tower. I have added to the Welcoming

Letter I send them to cause less confusion. Between myself, Mother, and

Phrygiana, our novices are well setup. And I am proud of that. But I really want

to share the memory of when I bonded Tymian. I know it's a game, but we

are a family, and our bonding was well written (shines fingernails on

blouse), it was emotional for me in RL. RL doesn't pull my real life emotions much.

I am a hard-ass, cynical, overly realistic. But DM does only too often. Most

Of my DM friends still can't believe that I am mean. *L*

 

Our Bonding:

 

Lorelia was very excited about her raising. She put on her clothes from

Arad Doman and swore that as soon as she talked to Tymian she would go buy

more. She ran through the Warder's Yards until she realized it wasn't exactly

dignified and slowed down. Please let him say yes! She thought excitedly.

She finally found him and rushed over to him.

"Tymian, I really want to talk to you. I've been raised Aes Sedai. And

I want to discuss something with you."

She waited, hoping he would take the hint.

 

Tymian worked the froms. One smooth and fluid form into another. A

Dance of Death. He parried invisible swords and lopped heads off invisible

opponents. He was a torrent of unparralleled desruction. He fought with every

fiber in his body. Well at least in practice. He had never had a live battle

before. He idly wondered how it felt to kill a man. But he guessed it didn't

matter if you were wrapped in the Void. But you would have to deal with it

later... Someone called his name and he turned to see Lorelia trotting over to

him.

 

"Tymian, I really want to talk to you. I've been raised Aes Sedai. And

I want to discuss something with you." She blurted out before he could

Say anything. He looked up into his eyes, searchingly. Then it hit him. She

wanted to Bond him! He couldn't believe it! He got looks from Accepted

all the time and even promised to Bond someone before. That is long past,

he thought. Gwenorf would want me to Bond a good person and Lorelia was

that.

 

"Yes." he said quietly. She looked at him surprised.

 

"Yes...?" She started.

 

"Yes I'll Bond you." He interupted. "if you'll have me."

 

Lorelia was surprised that Tymian had picked up on her hint so easily.

When he said yes, all she could do at first was stare in shock. She didn't

know what to say or do.

"Um..well...do you want to do it here and now?"

She looked around to see other warders looking at her and him standing

there. As long as I don't embarass him or me, now would never be too

soon!She thought happily.

 

"Um..well...do you want to do it here and now?" she asked looking

around.

 

"Why not?" Tymian grinned, looking around himself. He would be proud

for her to do it in front of all his fellow Warders. Tym smiled down at her.

 

"Now how do we go about this?"

 

"Well, kneel down in front of me," she said. Tymian kneeled and Lorelia

began to weave Spirit. She settled it on him and felt him enter her

mind. She glanced down at Tymian and watched him shiver. She felt his

feelings, some she couldn't quite identify, cuz there were so many.

We have no secrets anymore. But I'll never be alone. She was surprised

that the thought cheered her so. She knelt beside Tymian and turned his chin

toward her to see him better. She let the tears course down her cheeks,

uncaring of those who watched them.

 

Lorelia began to decipher the feelings coming through to her. He was

Happy with her, and he believed in her. She smiled a beaming smile at him and

heard the others congratulate them. Of course since they were in the

Warder's Yards, he got slapped on the back by all his friends. He was

happy.

She couldn't get over that feeling. Someone is happy with me! she

thought. He leaned over and said something to her, about food.

"Oh, yes, I am so hungry. As soon as I was let go, I came to find you!"

she said laughing.

 

It was short, I had no idea exactly what to write. *L* I read other

bondings a hundred times. But for someone like Lorelia, who has always been

alone, it was very emotional. Lorelia has made several friends since then. Ladria

of the Green Ajah. They are bloodbound. The whole prick your fingers and

everything. They shop incessantly, and Lorelia was very upset when Sol,

Ladria's Warder had to take off for a while. Hopefully he will be back.

Now, I must go tend to my Aspirants. They need me to get them settled.

 

 

Faeryl's other things:

 

I wanted another Novice. One to be a twin to another Novice played by

someone else. I thought that would be cool. DM hasn't any twin Novices.

But that was right after the rule was made that you cannot have two

Channeling characters. Well, what other thing to do, but have twin girls, one a

Novice and one a Ward, to bond later. We could take advantage of the twin

bond, and then the AS/Warder bond as well. The roleplay possibilities are

endless. The trouble we will get into when we get back to the Tower. (My darling

twin has run away and we are chasing her down.) I advertised for any very new

novices to email me if they were interested in a proposal. One wonderful person

answered who was perfect. Several answered, but only Lilliana was

perfect.

Faeryl was born. Chasing after her sister who had run away to the White

Tower (and then later runs away FROM the WT), she appeared promising to

be Lilliana's Warder and continue to protect her through everything.

Exactly alike, except Lilliana is right handed, and Faeryl is left handed.

Faeryl came in with an attitude toward men that they were dogs. To be ignored

when they did wrong and looked down upon, or patted on the head with

wariness if they did right. Always suspecting of a man's motivations for being

nice. She is getting better. Although a minor setback in the form of another Ward

has occured. Tomaz. He ran away to the Tower to escape a father's wrath for

impregnating the man's daughter. He is the epitome of the womanizing,

disrespectful...*L* and poor Faeryl is falling in love. She doesn't

know it, but they are working on it. They fight constantly, and have already ran

first to first in sword play. I can't wait to see how this turns out.

So I will say no more for now. Tomaz and my story may be in here another

time.....

 

Tonali, a gleeman for the Freelander is new. As in days, I'll let you

know what happens to her.

 

Lorelia Jhalevar   Faeryl DeLeVee         Tonali

White Tower         Ward                          Gleeman and Hunter of the Horn

                           Twin to Lilliana

 

 

Ok, Lanfir, I hope you approve of it. It's rather long I know, but once

I got started it was hard to stop! *L* I will have more for you as DM

progresses if it is welcome. :)