Eniara Sedai, DDS Editor

This issue of DDS is the first one in two months. Because of this, we have worked hard to gather a good amount of new information to post and keep you entertained. Because I have some more time, I would like to expand DDS a bit but I need more volunteers to write stories/articles whatever. If you’re interested, please mail us at DDS@dragonmount.com. I also need more submissions from our readers! I don’t like having to go scraping around to locate fanfic and art when I know that the White Tower is a hotbed of talents. Here’s a place to show off what you can do!

Finally! School is finished and I’m home for the summer. I had to put off doing a new issue for May because of moving. For the next few months I’ll be working and keeping up on my online activities (as much as I can, lol). There’s not much else going on. I may become a little scarce through the month of July because my boyfriend is going to be here from England, but I’ll still be around and intend to get the newsletter out each month. If you’d like to volunteer to help with Daes Dae’mar and the Source then please drop us an e-mail.

The Library Bulletin

Raeyn Sedai, Mistress of the Library

The MoLs really have no idea what is going on with the library (things are confusing around here like that you see) but if you have ideas or would like to volunteer, e-mail Raeyn Sedai at enchantress45@hotmail.com.

The Ajah Report

Taracia Sedai, Director of Ajah Relations

** Our lovely Siofa Sedai has resigned her position as DDS Director of Ajah Relations in April and we’re still sorting out how to keep the column going smoothly with the changes to DM 6. The new Director of Ajah Relations will be DDS Assn’t Editor, Taracia Sedai. She will be resuming this update next edition. **

Dragonmount 6 Discovered

Anonymous Contributor

DM6. The rumors. The speculation. The controversy. In this exclusive inside look, the WT was given unprecedented access to the movers and shakers of the self-styled “Largest Wheel of Time Internet Community”.  We were able to interview many of they key people behind this paradigm shift and never before seen screen shots of the upcoming face-lift for DM.

Dragonmount, the Wheel of Time mega-community means quite a bit to its members. Many consider it to not  a website, but a second home. It’s a place where people can let their hair down, relax, chat, make friendships, and occasionally find true love. Oh yeah, they sometimes talk about “The Wheel of Time” series by best selling author, Robert Jordan. While its fandom that brings them together, its friendship that keeps them there. “I met my wife at DM.” Says Shea Wilkerson, who goes by the online handle of “Mandein”. “We met in a chat room several years ago, and became friends. Things developed from there.”

The site has undergone a lot of upheaval in its four years of operation.  Change is the only constant for its members, the “DMers” as they like to call themselves. However, occasionally there is a change so profound that it is marked by a “Breaking” and the site is given a new version number. The last of these upgrades occurred in the summer of 2000 when the site was given a major facelift. DM4, was released during the fall of 1999 with an overhaul of the database and new role-playing boards, and before that DM3 was released in April of 1999, when the database was implemented and DM started using its own boards, rather than the free service provided by Bravenet. Before that, the numbers get a bit fuzzy. “Really we only started numbering with DM5.”, one DM staffer told us. “Before that, the site would just go down for awhile and then sometimes it would come back with new stuff, and sometimes not. But then Phoenix [Jason Denzel, founder of Dragonmount] got into promotion, and started really hyping everything that happened. ‘Coming soon, to a website near you’ type of thing. Its cute in a pathetic kind of way”

Most people speak positively about the changes. “Its life you know”, says long time DM staff member, Jennifer Shifflett, who goes as “Kathana” online. “’Things fall apart, the center cannot hold’ and all that rot. If it didn’t change periodically I would’ve gotten bored a long, long time ago and left like everyone else. Sure, there’s a couple of things I don’t like about DM6, but those are really very minor compared to everything that I think we’re gaining.” Like what for example?  “Well, like we’re letting Paityr [High Inquisitor of the Children of the Light] stay. I really don’t agree with that at all. He’s a hippy peacenik and god knows what he does in the bathroom everyday with a woodchuck for three hours. Also, I think Jim Blonde and Tenan have been stealing pies from my window sill, and that sort of tom foolery shouldn’t be tolerated. But given the choice between getting rid of them and getting rid of the RP, I’d ditch the RP any day.”

Not everyone has such a positive view of the changes however. A small but vocal minority has expressed dissatisfaction with DM6. They charge that Mr. Denzel has lost touch with what the people of DM really want and that DM6 takes away the reason they joined. One of these dissidents consented to speak to us, only after we promised her total anonymity, as she fears reprisals from DM’s Staff. We know her only as AesSedaiGurl4655 “This is all so stupid, you know? Why can’t they just leave things they way they always have been? I know why, because they are big stupid grown ups and we’re just little teenagers. Gawd, I wish I wasn’t in high school anymore, so people would take me seriously. Nobody listens to you unless you can drive. But yeah, I joined DM because I wanted to RP. I like to write stories and stuff, I even had a poem published in the school newspaper once. Everyone said it was really good. It was about how life is bleak and meaningless and stuff. I just want to be able to RP my 16-year-old Aes Sedai who is super strong in all five powers and was raised by the Aiel in peace. Why does Phoenix have to be such a dork and tell me I can’t?” You are aware that in every single public statement Mr. Denzel has made on this subject, he has reassured everyone that the RP will continue to be a part of DM, and will even be expanded to include more timelines and even the ability for ordinary users to create their own worlds? “Yeah, I heard about that. But Phoenix is, like, old and stuff. He’s married and has a job, so you can’t trust him. Plus, I heard that you had to spend money to get your own PSW. My parents only give me like, twenty bucks a week, and black lipstick is really expensive. I can’t afford to waste my money on DM. Plus, doesn’t he like, only accept dollars? Not everyone uses American money. What if someone from Mexico only has dinero or whatever? Phoenix is like, a racist too, for not accepting dinero and keeping Mexicans from buying premium accounts.”

To answer these charges, we caught up with Mr. Jason Denzel, standing outside a bus station in Pasadena California.  Despite the mega-success of his website, Mr. Denzel remains humble, never forgetting his site’s origins. “We really had nothing back then. No server. No programmers. I did it all myself, using what little HMTL I knew and hosted it on Geocities. No one came. I knew if I wanted to attract even a small following, I had to buy a domain name and rent some server space. That was the first of the mountain of debt.” He mused, panhandling for change from passer-bys. “Really, we’ve been very lucky. The response to DM has been overwhelming. I had no idea we would ever be so huge, or so expensive to maintain. I have no regrets though. How many kidneys does one guy need anyways?”

When asked about the facelift for the site, and the promised new content, his rheumy eyes brightened considerably. “Well as you may have heard, DM6 is getting back to the basics, our core mission, our roots as it were. After a lot of soul-searching and discussion, we’ve decided not to have Rob [Lead Programmer of Dragonmount] do the development of the new site. Instead I’m going to do it all myself again. We’re also moving back to the Yahoo! Geocities family, instead of paying for a real server.” Won’t that lead to a decline in quality, or memberships? “I really don’t think so. I think people will come back to DM for the same reasons they always do, for community, for WoT news, for our unique presence online. Honestly, most of what Rob does is the flashy, smoke and mirrors type stuff. I don’t think people really care about that.  Besides, where else are they going to go? Wotmania?” What about the RP? There’s no mention of it anywhere on the new site. “The RP? Oh, you mean that role-playing, D&D crap.” He flicks his hands dismissively, creating a cloud of dust and blowflies. ”I got news for people, only band geeks play D&D.  I really don’t think people will notice when the new site comes online.” In your official statements on DM6 and the role of the RP, you mention “Portal Stone Worlds” and reassure people that the RP will still exist, just in a different form. Have you changed your mind? “No, I have not. I have always hated the RP with a white hot and fiery passion. I spit on it. Pah! I only allowed one to be created at DM in the first place so that I could denigrate and mock the people who actually like that kind of crap. I’m lying when I tell people there will be RP in DM6. There won’t be suckers.” At this point, he began laughing maniacally. “Fools! All of you!” You’ve promised new features and content when DM6 comes online. “Oh yes, like I said we’re moving back to Yahoo! Geocities, which gives us many unique opportunities. In addition to our partnership with Amazon.com to sell books and with Cafepress to sell t-shirts and other merchandise, you’ll be able to purchase something called ‘the X-10 SpyCam’ by clicking a small pop-up window on the site. There will also be opportunities for online casino gambling and lots of other things. All of these things will be done as pop-ups, all over the site. I’d expect the average DMer to encounter anywhere from fifteen to twenty pop-ups on a given day. That’s fifteen to twenty things that DM couldn’t offer before. This is a really exciting development for all of us, and I think it can only enhance the DM experience.”

What about the DM6 Bargain? Why ask people to pay five hundred dollars for just the static content, when it’s the boards they want most of all? What will the money be used for, if volunteers are doing all the work?  “Well,  I think of it this way. You can spend five to ten dollars on a paperback book right? And three times as much on a hard cover. Think of how much entertainment that book gives you. You can read it for years, until it falls apart. That’s worth a few bucks right? Well, DM is the same. It offers unlimited, and ever changing entertainment. It allows you to interact with fans all over the globe, to share ideas, to collaborate on projects.  I think that’s worth a few bucks every now and then. Of course the basics of DM will always be free and people who donate won’t receive any special privileges.” He coughs into a filthy handkerchief at this point.  “This is just me asking you to give back to the community.” What about those who buy Premium Accounts? “Oh yeah. Those guys will get some priveledges. They’ll get personal icons, and be able to create their own boards and stuff. Plus, they automatically get mod rights in the chats and I won’t spit on them if they RP. But that’s nothing out of the ordinary. ” But what is the money for? “Well, obviously DM has racked up quite its share of debt in the past four years.  We have a few bills to pay off. The first thing, I’d with it though, is get a room at the Super 8 across the street and have myself a real shower.  Then I’m going to call Jennifer [His wife of ten months] and beg her to take me back. I’m a changed man. No more camping in Star Wars movie lines so I lose my job, or selling our car so I can buy DM new hardware. That’s all over now.”

At this time, Mr. Denzel asked us to stop interviewing him as our presence was “cramping his style.” We thanked him for an enlightening look into his world as the fandom’s largest webmaster, and pressed a crumbled five-dollar bill into his hands.

Later that week, we called Rob Colbert at his home in suburban Chicago. Mr. Colbert was gracious during the interview and extremely forthright. “You said WHO was in charge of DM? No way. Nuh-uh. I’m the head cheese in these parts. I built it and I sacrificed for it. Its mine.” And Mr. Denzel? “One of my most trusted advisors. Or he  WAS until he did his little freak show out in Cali and started claiming the site was his. Oh sure, he had some ideas in the beginning, it might’ve been his idea in the first place. But who was it who took those garbled, incoherent notes and turned them into the standard for WoT websites? Me. That’s who. Not some nut job out west who’s own wife won’t return his calls. He’ll be lucky if Safeway hires him to mop their floors now.  What about his attempt to rebuild DM on his own? “ Heh. That’ll be the day. The boy can hardly type, much less write DHMTL.  Any website he does himself will be a joke. And you can quote me on that.“

When will the site be up? “When I pry it out of Jason’s cold dead fingers, that’s when. Mark my words, no progress can be made on DM until he has been eliminated. If you see that punk, you tell him that Robby’s looking for him.”

At this point, Mr. Colbert was called away to attend a gun show in Illinois, so we bid him adieu.

Next month, we’ll continue our exploration of DM6, by discussing the Community/RP split and what it means to the average DMer.

Identify the Aes Sedai

Eniara Sedai, DDS Editor

My humblest apologies for this, but I do not have a new mystery Sedai for this issue of Daes Dae’mar and the Source. I have been very busy and did not have the time to interview a Sister. However, be on the lookout for a brand new mystery coming next edition! Even after having our previous mystery Sedai up for three months, no on guessed who she was. Three cheers for Swaniana Sedai for completely stumping our readers!

Meet the Newbies

Eilonwy Sedai, Sister of the White Ajah

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!(!) It’s time for the NEWEST EDITION OF MEET THE NEWBIES! Woooo! I hope you’re excited as I am. You are, aren’t you? Yes. I knew it! So very very excited! **hops around madly** Wheeee! So, today I’m gunna introduce to you the lovely TELACIA of the WHITE TOWER!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! **cough** So, what’s your fav color girly?

T: “Well, my favorite color is forest green… or maybe blue… sometimes its black but I really have to be in the right mood for that. In short color is good.”

Green’s my fave color too! Green, blue, pink and black. Yep yep. Yep. How old are you?

T: “In real life I’m 23 but soon I’ll be 23 again. I never remember how old I really am. In all honesty a cop asked me once and I swear I couldn’t remember for the life of me… nothing at all to do with wanting to be young for vainity sake, just old age catching up with me I guess. Telcia Nalemar, my character, is close to being raised to accepted. When she’s raised she’ll be 27 years old.”

Errg! How come everyone is older than me!

T: “How old are you?”

I’m fifteen …

T: “Fifteen is a wonderful age!”

Uhh, sure. This article isn’t about me so we’ll stop that now **g** AHHHH! There is a spider on my computer! Ergh! Spider on monitor! Spider on monitor! **screech** [insert Eilonwy's computer rebooting for no reason here] Ack **dusts off cloak and straightens hat** that was odd. **blinks rapidly** Anyway, which ajah are you aspiring too, which on are you closest to IRL?

T: “In real life I’m a blue. Anyone will tell you that I’m crazy about taking up a cause and becoming over zealous about it. Sometimes it’s a good thing, like when it helps out animals or children or something like that but other times it gets in the way. I’ve found too much passion can really hurt people. I sorta relate to the character Moiraine that way. People were really put off by her dedication to keep the dragon out of the dark one’s hands. She would do anything to make sure she reached her goal and sometimes again thing means just that… no matter who gets hurt. Its never good when passions get in the way of the things that matter. Blue is a hard road but its where I fit best.”

My my, what a lovely speech. May I suggest White though? Whiiiiite **chants** White, White, White! Okay, I’m done. Whatcha like doing around the tower? Favourite thing?

T: “Easy! Its either to throw blueberry muffins at the trollocs and berate their cooking or take all the goofy tests and read other’s results that get posted.” BEWHEHEHE! **high five** Who is your mentor, that slick person who provides minty-freshness?

T: “I don’t have a community mentor really. ::pouts:: I’ve kinda been learning the ropes on my own. But on the plus side I think I’m doing better now. However I welcome more friends. ::hint hint!::”

Awwwww *hugglies* we must make Julsiekinns give you one, because its always fun to have a mentor!

T: “::jumps up and down with joy:: OH A MENTOR! That would be groovy!”

It would indeedly! I *puts hand over heart* will gladly take you in ’til you get one.

T: “Oh thank you dear. ::hugs:: You’re the best! Here have a cookie!”

**blushes** Well, I wouldn’t go that far – OooOoooOo! Cookie!

T: “Soft and chewy fresh from the oven even!”

Dude! Thanks! So, on the topic of food, what do you like to eat best?

T: “Manicotti, I make the world’s best if I do say so myself! Which, of course, I do. ::toot toot:: That’s my own horn in case you didn’t know. ::wink::”

Aww … wish I had a horn. What’s your favourite Wheel of Time book/any other book?

T: “I’ll name three. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Pendragon Cycle (actually a series) by Stephen R. Lawhead and of the Wheel of Time series my favorite has to be Eye of the World.”

Isn’t she great? Anyway, after a series of interesting farewells, we closed the IM window and rounded up this edition of Meet the Newbies. Hope you enjoyed! **hugglies**

-Eila

Manetheren

Wil Ohmsford

The bite of our swords
Marked our enemies high
People of the world praise our valor
We are the flame of Manetheren

Mountain home, river’s blood
Trolloc steel fell beneath our might
Our swords, our hearts, would never break
We are the Eagle of Manetheren

Warrior King, Beautiful Queen
Aemon the Valiant and Eldrene
The Shadow quails at the sound of our march
We are the blood of Manetheren

Marching to the call
Of the Mountain Home
All day, all night without cease
We are the hope of Manetheren

With our backs to the water
We faced that army so black
With the Heart of Dark at it’s fore
We are the love of Manetheren

Through battle grim
The Eagle flew
A week we stood against the dark tide, and more
We are the sword of Manetheren

Hope nearly gone
We flew to Aemon’s Field
To do final battle
We are the might of Manetheren

Day dawned, showing that evil mass
And we walked through the valley of death
Blood flew, men and beast died alike, til day’s end
We are the price of Manetheren

Eldrene, driven by grief and love
Did smite the Shadow horde
Destroying the ghastly army and the beautiful city of the Mountain
We are the people of Manetheren

A thorn to the Dark One’s foot
A bramble to his side
The sword that could not be broken
We are Manetheren

Eniara Sedai, DDS Editor

It’s amazing that the third edition of DDS has is already here. Wow, times flies so fast. There isn’t much to report about DDS this time. We didn’t get as many site hits as the first month so I was a little dissapointed about that, but there’s always the next month to look forward too. I’m still pleading with people to submit anykind of writing, fanfic, artwork, etc. that they may have pertaining to WoT. It doesn’t take very long to submit something and think about it…your name could be up in lights! Thank you to those who have submitted for this issue, it is great appreciated.

On my person front, my trip to London went splendidly and things at school are getting settled again so I’m able to put a lot of time back into my net stuff. I have a lot to catch up. :p I’m dedicated to getting DDS out on time everymonth though so never fear on that. *lol* I just have to put some other things on hold to do it. Too bad I can’t put my homework on hold. *grumbles about insane amounts of pointless biology work* In any case, things are getting back to normal so I will most likely be beating some of you over the head to submit things for the newsletter. Watch out for me!

The Library Bulletin

Raeyn Sedai, Mistress of the Library

Once again, the Library Bulletin is pretty standard. The MoLs would like more library volunteers, so please contact Raeyn Sedai at Enchantress45@hotmail.com if you are interesting in getting involved. There has been an idea tossed out about creating a Great Library, but this is still in discussion stage among the Brown Ajah and anything that becomes definite will be sure to be announced here.

The Ajah Report

Siofra Sedai, Director of Ajah Relations

Well, welcome to another installment of the WT Ajah Relations column. Things have been kind of slow around the Tower… it seems like the Tower has been effected by the cold season and flowing along like molasses in January… or wait… it’s February now. Anyway… we are looking at what the Ajah’s have been doing since the last column. I’d like to thank Mandi and Marce Sedai for turning in their Ajah reports… the rest of you… I’m not sure what I’ll have to do with you… *mutters something about weaves* Next month I should have an assistant, I am currently running through the people I have chosen and thought to be appropriate and I will talk with them at some point over this month. Now on to the report.
- Siofra Aine Sedai

Blue Ajah : The Blues are still interacting together with the Reds on their boards.

Brown Ajah : It seems that the Browns are working on regrouping and setting up an RP. I hear that they should shortly be up in their numbers of Sedais….

Gray Ajah : After their holiday fun and many returnings to school, the grays are back to being their chatty selves, lurking around #dragonmount and #gray. We congratulated our new sitters in style with new sets of duties for their 3 months of office. Deanne will be our newbie greeter and she’s promised to stay out of her Semirhage mode so she doesn’t scare potential aspies away. Luanne will be heading up our efforts to conquer the boards of others and demonstrate our Gray dominance over DM. Serinia will be organizing our chat meetings and presenting us with our Question of the Day. Today’s question: Who’s your favorite fruit? We’re pretty sure Sammantha’s gonna win this one by a landslide. Our webpage has also gotten a bit of a face lift, though it is still in the construction stages.

As for the roleplay, we grays have nominated Zerah to do all of our roleplaying for us while we slowly build our plans to dominate the IC world. The poor girl is fairly worn out flitting here and there in her plots both good and evil, but we’re slow planners and needed someone to cover for us. Call it newbie hazing, call it an induction ceremony, whatever. The rest of us are taking a break, either to plot or to wait out the freeze on major RPs. Perhaps, however, there may be a bit of silly in the gray future…

Green Ajah : It seems quite a few Greens have been entering and leaving Whitebridge lately. Sounds like there’s been someone impersonating a Sedai and it seems that the Warder Souvan is out and about wandering the world and they’ve had word he’s there. The Greens are also having a silly RP, auctioning off a Warder for mowing down one of the Sitters!

Red Ajah : I think the Reds have almost set up camp inside of the Blue’s quarters.

White Ajah : The Whites have been here and there. Word has it they may be plotting a matchmaking service for girls who did not make it to full sister status. We’ll see how logically they can pull this all off.

Yellow Ajah : *holding her finger* Blood and bloody…paper… this parchment is sharp. Anyone seen a Yellow sister so I can get this healed? No? Heard rumours they could be around? Where’s a Yellow sister when I need one?

Eniara Sedai, DDS Editor

On to the second issue of DDS! Whoo hoo! In one month we’ve had over 100 hits, several comments submitted, and over all success to the inagural edition. I hope we can keep this up and improve in future months. DM 6 is drawing nearer and as you, the reader, will see from the admin updates as time goes on, things are getting set in their proper places/roles. When DM 6 dawns, I know there will be an awful lot of confused folks, so I will see about getting a special article written for newsletter publication that will help answer many of your questions. Please remember that DDS is always looking for more contributions as well as volunteers for writing articles and columns. If you have material to submit, or have comments on how to make DDS more enjoyable and reader friendly, please visit our Comments/Submissions page. If you are interested in joining the DDS staff, either visit the mentioned page, or else email DDS at DDS@Dragonmount.com.

I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I sincerely hope the holidays give you a chance to relax and enjoy your family and friends. (I know I will…heehee, I’m off to London to see my bf) And for those of you who are college folkies like me, good luck next semester! Okay, time to go finish this newsletter. If you wish to contact me directly, I may be reached at Eniariom@dragonmount.com Welcome and enjoy!

The Roleplay News

Quatilina Sedai, WT RP Division Leader

Well now, since much has been going on in the RP world, and I have been putting this off, I can imagine what is going on you heads. Let’s get this started with the most recent RP news…here we go! The most important thing that’s happened this month is,, well the nullification of the White Tower and Black Tower treaty. Not only was this nulled, now we have never made contact with the BT. I know the probelms this causes but because the Incarns and Division Leader are currently working on a full RP reset, you don’t need to worry about it. I am working out the details and I’ll make sure the WT stands where we need it to after the reset. In meantime, just lounge in that chair of yours and drink tea, okay?

What’s going on in the role-play right now?… well, first off we have the “False Aes Sedai RP” headed by Mandi Sedai. In this, the Aes Sedai travelling with her are going to check out a false Aes Sedai in Whitebridge. Moving on we have the “Rogue RP” which is mainly a Warders’ role-play where the Warders are chasing down the Rogues because they kidnapped me (Quatilina Sedai). I have a very small part though. We also have some Aes Sedai down on the South board doing the “Novice Search RP,” headed by Swaniana Sedai. That’s about it right now. We do however, have quite a few upcoming role-plays. Karana Sedai is planning one about a trip to the Ogier stedding and the Reds are going to bring back a channeling male to put on trial in the Hall. All in all, I think we are doing great with all that has been going on.

‘Til next time…ciao. *waves*

The Ajah Report

Siofra Sedai, Director of Ajah Relations

Welcome to the second edition of the Ajah Relations Report. This past month seems to have just flown by. I know I’ve been caught up in some new things and people *grin*. But you may ask, “What has been happening in the White Tower? We’d love to hear all about you Siofra Sedai and the wonderful escapades you’ve been venturing into, but we’d really like to hear about White Tower activities.” Ok fine…if you want to hear about me, you’ll have to hunt elsewhere and I’ll get straight on to the dish. Before I forget, though, everyone have a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, or what ever you may celebrate at this time.
- Siofra Aine Sedai

Blue Ajah : The Blues have been working on their website and just had the return of two of their sisters, Mel and Kristal. Lola is trying her hardest to get Eggy to write an article for a newsletter…maybe I should lend her one of my whips.

Brown Ajah : I didn’t hear much from the Brown Ajah so I believe they are all hiding from me and recovering from last months compul…interviews for this article.

Gray Ajah : The Gray Ajah has been really cool lately and they got together in chat to write up their portion of this section.

“The Gray Ajah has been terribly active in the chat rooms of late with representatives available nearly 24 hours a day. We’ve been working on developing our mission statement in chat and have decided that the friendships we build with each other in chat are a big part of what makes us love being Gray. So if you don’t chat, come on down and try it! You’ll soon be addicted like us! *watches Serinia shuffle forward for her part in the speech* ‘I wasn’t a chataholic and then one day Marce said she goes to chat a lot and I went there to look for her and I got stuck. Now I can’t even log off when I’m at work. I think I’m slowly turning into Emp.’ *Serinia shuffles back into place among the Grays* So you see, chatting can be a very rewarding experience.”
“In the RP realm, Luanne is making our Gray Aspirants feel at home by being the official Ajah prank target. Almindhra is out for a stroll meeting new people. Tania is back in Tar Valon making a friend in a rather touching thread. The rest of us Grays are taking a break from the RP as we figure out the new system and recover from larger RPs that ended with the move to the temp boards.”

Those Grays seem to be busy behind the scenes a lot. This Sedai seems to see at least one Gray each time she’s in the chatrooms.

Green Ajah : The Greens have had a small presence in the chatrooms and a few have been doing some RPs that just happen to be in the same area. Didn’t know you guys were going to the same place I was going…are you all following me?

Red Ajah : I didn’t hear much from the Red Ajah so I believe they are all hiding as well.

White Ajah : I didn’t hear much from the White Ajah so I believe they are all underground with the Browns and the Reds.

Yellow Ajah : I also didn’t hear anything from the Yellow Ajah so I’m thinking the Ajahs must be terrified of this report.

‘Twas the Night Before WoTmas: A Holiday Poem

Taracia Starwind, DDS Assistant Editor

‘Twas the night before WoTmas
And all through the Tower,
Not an novice was stirring
Nor a trace of One Power.

The Blues are out wondering
In corners untold,
Exploring and searching
For presents so bold.

The Greens are all tucked in
Their closets of green,
Not a spare Warder
Is there to be seen…

The Browns are all locked up
With many books to read.
But, they have brownies and sherry,
And the odd glass of mead.

The Yellows are concocting
Their potions and mixes,
To add WoTmas cheer
Holiday touches they are a fixing.

All the Whites, Greys, and Reds
Are in their beds dreaming,
Anticipating Warders
With swords all a’gleaming.

Now, we all join hands
To wish you good cheer,
Merry Christmas to all
And a happy New Year!!!

Nargolph the Red-nosed Trolloc: A Holiday WoTmas Carol

Eniara Sedai, DDS Editor

You know S’nacheir and S’massher and Bashehr and Spittem
Cluh’bum and Waphum and Haccum and Speerem.
But do you recall, the most famous Trolloc of all?

*music starts*

Nargolph the red-nosed Trolloc, had a evil glowing nose
And if you ever saw it, you’d be definently toast.
All of the other Trollocs, used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Nargolph, join in any murder games.

Then one murky WoTmas Eve, Shai’tan came to say
“Nargolph, since you’re such a fright,
won’t you lead the raid tonight?”
Then the jealous Trollocs cooked him
As they guttered out with glee,
“Nargolph the red-nosed Trolloc,you’ll go down in infamy!”

~~You’ll go down in in…fa…my!~~

The Effect of Dragonmount on the Brain

Farain Sedai, Sister of the White Ajah

The clock ticks solemnly in the background, wearing away at the wee hours of the morning. The room is silent, save for the lonely hum of the computer. The small corner of the house is bathed in an eerie blue light cast of by the screen…the blank screen. Occasionally, the rhythmic tap of the keys breaks the silence, a soothing lullaby of sorts to the weary sophomore. Out of guilt, and out of a small sense of duty, she maximizes the Word document. Microsoft Office has cleverly dubbed it…Document 1. The page is empty. Procrastination at its best. A glance at the calendar, and at the clock, confirms the girl’s suspicions. It is, indeed, Friday morning. And her report, due six hours later in class…? What report? Too tired to think, too tired to type, too tired to function, the sophomore minimizes the document quickly. Staring at the blank page has gotten depressing. After a quick glance at the doorway, checking for any sign of parental madness, she happily returns to her previous pastime…Dragonmount.

A low cackle rumbles in the silence. All sense of duty and guilt flits away as she smiles vaguely, wearily, in her bleary-eyed state. It doesn’t matter that, at this ungodly hour of the day, she can’t string together a coherent sentence. At Dragonmount, that rarely matters. In her sleepy daze she clicks the mouse randomly, eventually typing out a bit of nonsense in a rush. Her report forgotten, the lack of sleep overcome, she ignores the tick of the clock. Sadly, this poor youth is a victim of Dragonmountism, brought on by reoccurring uses of Dragonmount. Even when diagnosed at an early stage, this fatal disease has a small recovery percentage; it appears that the only cure is time, age, and further madness. Parental intervention and aid from the outside world has proven ineffective in past laboratory tests.

Victims of Dragonmountism, or DMism, suffer from a broad spectrum of symptoms. As seen above, teenagers and working adults often experience severe procrastination in work outside of DM related activities. A lack of sensible “priorities” is visible. “What priorities?” an anonymous DM user asked. “My priorities are just fine, thank you very much! DM, eating, DM, sleeping, DM. And then those “other” things like homework and chores and stuff, of course.” Others dip into forgetfulness and ignorance, unaware of passing time. specialists from across the nation compare the effect of Dragonmount to any of the leading illegal drugs. (In fact, the disease is suspected to be brought on by uses of “mind drugs” put out by suspicious cult leaders with strange titles.) Dragonmount is highly addictive, and use of the “website” is a difficult habit to kick. DM patches, similar to “Nicorette,” are now available for addicts. DM Anonymous and other support groups and rehabilitation institutions have sprung up recently. Reports of insanity, induced by overdoses of Dragonmount, have grown more frequent over the last few months. Sadly, lunatics are frequent among the hardcore DM brood. Some claim to have heard these addicts mumbling under their breaths in a strange language, muttering odd words. “‘Blood and bloody something…’ What is that supposed to mean? And what’s so special about this ‘light’ thing? Light! That’s all I ever here about nowadays,” a concerned friend remarked. The addicted are said to put great stock in wheels, serpents, and their deity, Robert Jordan. Other strange and nonsensical words like Ajah, Aes Sedai, and Seanchan have been uttered by DM addicts, experts report sadly.

When confronted, many of those inflicted with DMism claim normalcy. “Light!” one exclaimed, “What are you talking about? I’m not insane!” After tugging on her braid for some time, and muttering about wool-headed reporters, the diseased calmed down slightly. This same victim went on to draw asterisks (*) around common actions such as “grumble” and “giggle” and “huggle.” These suspicious “huggles” are suspected to be the maincause of transmittance of the DMism disease. That, and a severe brain defect caused by too many hours at the computer and an overload of science fiction literature. Undercover reports and surveys show that while DM users have sunk into the woodwork over the past few months, this ebbing of DMism is only temporary. “The Website is down for revamping,” one DM user whispered reverently. “The Website will be ready soon. Then we will go Home. It calls to us. The Website…” She then gazed off into the distance and fell silent.

If you are concerned about a friend or loved one, and if you suspect that you know a victim of DMism, please visit www.dragonmount.com for more information. This serious condition cannot be taken lightly. Be sure to sign up and join an organization, of course. For more… help. That way we can, er… begin the healing process.

Farain Corai
Dragonmo…wait! Reporter. Just plain Reporter.
Nothing else, I tell you! Yesss…
*huggles stealthily*

Identify the Aes Sedai

Eniara Sedai, DDS Editor

We have a winnder for the December “Identify the Aes Sedai!” *drumroll* Congratulations to…*name appears in lights* **BRONWYN!!** Yes, that’s right. Bronwyn guessed Quatilina Sedai correctly! Good luck to future guessers.

Now, it is time for the January “Identify the Aes Sedai.” For those who don’t know how this works, I interview one randomly selected DM Aes Sedai with a select number of questions. I then take the “mystery guest’s” answers and incorporate them into an interview article. You, the reader, are then given the opportunity to mail in and guess who the Mystery Guest is. The winner will be announced in the following issue. On with the mystery…

Our mystery Sedai was born and raised in Baerlon, Andor. She was the oldest daughter of a family that had a farm just outside of the city. She helped with selling of wares in the city. When our guest was 14, she received a scar on her left cheek trying to save her younger brother from a horse kick to the head…he didn’t survive.

Our mystery guest came to Tar Valon when a traveling Aes Sedai noticed the spark in her during a heated arguement between our guest and a member of the Children of the Light. He wanted to court her and our guest absolutely hated the CoL. The Sister brought her back to the Tower. At the White Tower, our guest made two really good friends, Tania and Taya. Chumming as a group made the long classes and chores seem less tedious and mundane.

When I asked our mystery Sedai, what she liked most about the Tower she gave me this response: “I like being able to go out and help with varieties ofitems where Sedais are necessary to assist as well as being able to research about Sisters and former Sisters of my Ajah.” On the flip side, what she replied as disliking most about the Tower: “I dislike some of the division amongst groups and people thinking those out of the ordinary could be Darkfriends… that’s just proposterous.” If our guest could single-handedly change one thing about the White Tower and/or Sedai, she would “get more of the really cute ’special’ Warders. *wink wink nudge nudge*.”

Do you think you know who the Mystery Sedai is? Mail your guesses to Eniara Sedai at Eniariom@dragonmount.com. The first correct guess is the winner, and will be announced as such in the next issue of DDS. Imagine it, your name up in lights…

Notebooks, Manuscripts, and Bustiers: A Day In The Life of the Brown Ajah

Emillith Sedai, White Sister (and ex-Brown)

Emillith had had a rough day. She had spent all day amongst the furthest recesses of the library. A section that very few of even the Browns new about. In fact, she would be surprised if any beyond the Amyrlin, the Keeper, the Head of the Browns and herself, being Mistress of the Library, knew of it. Someone had to keep the secret histories and ancient lore safe, clean and copied every so often. It would not do for a novice to copy this material, let alone a bookbinder from the city. No, these histories needed to be preserved and kept secret.

At about midday Emillith realized she needed energy to keep going. So she ran out to get a pot of tea, and snagged more parchment and ink. Making sure that all was well within the Library, she scurried back to the maze of corridors and doorways that was the catacombs of the library. If one did not know where they were going they could easily get lost. Which was partially the point. There were also a few mirrors that acted to further confuse those that dared come where they were not allowed. Every few years there was a brave and over confident novice…

Adjusting her pile of notebooks, Emillith had to shift. It was cutting into her bodice. Hurrying into the nearest open room, Emillith set down all the notebooks with her lists and adjusted her bustier. These really were a problem. After adjusting herself, Em opened one of her notebooks and flipped to a page, adding an item to one of the lists.

Today was the day for spring cleaning. Well, not really. IT was more like this month was spring cleaning. One moth in every year Emillith took the time to take stock of the conditions of these rooms. Dust them; recopy any texts close to dust and the like. It would not take a month if she actually enlisted help, yet Em was stubborn, and took great care for the knowledge here. Enlisting help also made it out that Em was not capable of doing the work herself, and may have had the shawl for well over 50 years, but she was still a spring chick. At least in her own mind.

Turning a few more turns Em found the room she was looking for. Fumbling with the huge ring of keys at her waist and her armload of notebooks, Em found the correct key. Unlocking each door was a chore. Not only was it locked with the master key, but also with another key, depending on which part of the catacombs one was in. This section was the special Brown Histories. Em had also taken to making a stash for the current sisters. That was done about once a generation. The other Ajahs did it as well, only they handed it over to the current Mistress of the Library to be cataloged. Thinking of the green section she was attacking tomorrow did not please her. There was a scent coming from under that door that implied their infamous mint teas were moldering. Shuddering Em continued with the locks. Once the two physical locks were undone, Emillith had to flip through her notebooks. She so rarely used these weaves, and they were not originally hers, so she had trouble remembering them. Looking hard, she found the spot where she had inverted the weaves from last year and began the process of finally finishing unlocking the door. It was a long tradition that as the mantle of MoL passed so did the knowledge of these catacombs and their numerous locks and wards. Each door had a different weave. They were all so complex and similar that it was near impossible to keep them straight. Only a Brown would keep this many notes, and keep them hidden in safe places until needed.

Channeling a little bit of Fire, Air and Spirit, the room lit up. The sconces upon the walls were dusty, but would sparkle once that dust was removed. Never had they seen a real fire. Only the One Power. At least that made cleaning easier. Less scrubbing. It was more like organizing manuscripts and various other articles. Speaking of article, Em looked about the room. Yes, very much as she had left it a year ago. This room was her favorite. Not just because it was the room leading to the various rooms for the Brown Ajah, her Ajah, but also because it was the most diverse.

Oh, the Greens had all their weapons and lists of warders and such not. And that tea. The yellows had drying herbs, lists on various ways over the ages to heal a stab wound or what not. The Whites had those puzzles…. The Grays had lists of treaties, and a few trunks of maps and such. The Blues had their closets stuffed with wards for listening and disguise and the like. Now the Reds had some fun toys, from restraints used in past years that have since been outdated in which to hold a male channeler, but also they needed the largest of rooms for their furniture. Of all things the Reds stored old but in good condition in those rooms. Why they were not in the storage cellars or given to the populace Em had no idea. There were reasons for everything, and she was not privileged, not interested enough to know. It wasn’t that she wasn’t interested. More like she knew knowing some things came with a price. Em just wasn’t ready to pay too many prices at this point in her career.

That sentiment also went along with the one section Em, nor anyone, but the Amyrlin herself went into. It was especially for Amyrlin’s. What ever they feel is worthy of being kept for the generations, from histories kept from even the secret histories to other things not worth thinking about. There were rumors that the current Amyrlin keeps a huge stash of pudding there now.

Opening the first closet, Em started cataloging the maps. There were maps here that dated back to right after the Breaking. All the changes in political boundaries, notes of trade routes, and many other things belonged in here. The next closet held notebooks with lists like the ones Em had set upon the table. Lists from former Mistresses of the Libraries. Going from closet to, room to room, examining maps and manuscripts, plays and popular novels no longer the fashion, from histories to journals of sisters to more notebooks of studies conducted. Those studies fascinated Emillith. They studies inventions, some long forgotten, to angreal to people. That was once called the study of psychology. However, now none knew of it anymore.

The final room was Em’s favorite. It has been whispered about in corners of the Tower, yet none except for her own Brown sisters knew it was true. IT was the Brown lingerie room. Her second favorite was the recipe room. Now that was special in its own way. But lingerie was a secret Brown passion. In the aspirant handbook was even a section on how to make your own brown sequenced thongs. With the One Power to boot! Each Head of the Ajah, from the very first had a special set for occasions. Of course things were WELL cleaned before storage. That was one thing the Browns prided themselves in, and their Warders, the few that did bond to a human as opposed to the wondrous books, enjoyed. The Browns had the best and sexiest lingerie. From silks to satin and gossamer, from print to lace to sequence and sparkles, they had all the colors of the rainbow, but only the brown ones were reserved here. They were the brown lingerie of the spiffy Brown Ajah after all.

There was a special section for bustiers…opening her notebook, Emillith checked off a few items. Yes indeed. Here were bustiers from each member of the Ajah from the formation of the tower. Much more, um, acceptable than panties. A few sisters had not yet decided upon which bustier they would place within the archive. Some here had never been worn, but worked on for many years with a love and dedication most other Ajahs would never understand. That was a key thing about the Browns…dedication and observation to details.

Having finished cataloging and making sure no damages had occurred. Emillith let the weaves for the lights dissipate, not untying them. Relocking and warding, Emillith decided to call it a night. Once exiting the catacombs, a quick look at a window told her that it was beyond time to have been finished. Em hoped she could still get some supper, and hurried off to find food before crashing into bed.

Below you will find information on the Ajahs at the Tower. You will find listed the link to the Ajah’s Homepage and the list of the members with their rank and email addies. You will also notice that we have 9 Ajahs listed, instead of the normal 7, that is because we have the Black & Plaid Ajahs also. The Plaids are a totally OOC Ajah and if you want more information on them then email me.

Amyrlin Seat

Keeper of the Chronicles

Black Ajah – www.mangaknights.com/dmblackajah
Ajah Head – Julannah Sedai

Its sisters are said to have forsworn all their oaths, and serve only the Shadow. They are rumored to walk the halls of the Tower disguised as members of the other seven Ajahs.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 220

Blue Ajah – www.blueajah.i.am
Ajah Head – Egwainne Sedai

The Blue Ajah is also run by a single very powerful woman, and is perhaps the most influential of the Ajahs, although one of the smaller ones. It’s primary focus is to champion worthy causes (worthy by Aes Sedai standards) and to promote justice. Skilled at political maneuvering, Blues are also able administrators. Since Artur Hawkwing’s time, more Amrylins have been raised from the Blue than any other Ajah.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219

Brown Ajah – www.geocities.com/rayalintiavery/brownajahpg.html
Ajah Head – Karana Sedai

Forsaking Mundane life in general, members of the Brown Ajah are dedicated to seeking and preserving knowledge. The Browns are primarily responsible for the procurement preservation of the vast cache of books and scrolls which make the Tower Library the largest single repository of knowledge in the land. Much that is known of artifacts or New Talents has been dicovered by the Sisters of the Brown Ajah.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219

Gray Ajah – www.grayajah.shacknet.nu
Ajah Head – Marce Sedai

The Gray Ajah are mediators, seeking harmony and consensus. Many kingdoms use Gray Sisters to insure that their treaties with one another will hold. The Gray Ajah are the listeners and the diplomats, the ambassadors and the psychologists.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219-220

Green Ajah – www.greenajah.org
Ajah Head – Lanfir Sedai

The Green Ajah is also known as the Battle Ajah. Their primary goal is to hold themselves ready for Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle with the Dark One. Fierce fighters of Shadowspawn, they are also known for their appreciation of men, a trait fairly rare among the other Ajahs. Green Sisters do not believe in limiting themselves to only one Warder. Some have been known to bond three or more at one time. While this fact is sometimes a source of humor among the Sisters of the other Ajahs, it is not an entirely frivolous practice. During the Trolloc Wars the Greens’ additional Warders made a positive difference in battle.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219

Plaid Ajah – www.boltpages.com:8081/pr0phet/plaidajah
Ajah Head – Darren

This is an Ajah exclusive to the DragonMount White Tower. This Ajah is a OOC Ajah and is around to drink Beer and Party.

- Provided by the MoN -

Red Ajah – www.geocities.com/yavannesedai
Ajah Head – Kathrina Sedai

It is known that the Red Ajah’s primary goal is to protect the land from all men who can channel the True Source. They hunt down men who can channel and bring them to the Tower to be gentled. They refuse to bind any Warders, possibly becuase their purpose makes it difficult for them to trust or work closley with any man. The Red Ajah is the largest.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219

White Ajah – www.lunarmagic.farstrider.org/whiteajah
Ajah Head – Lylana Sedai

The White Ajah, unlike all the others, avoid both the world and worldly knowledge. Questions of Philosophy engross them and the search for truths is their all consuming passion.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219

Yellow Ajah – www.crosswinds.net/~yellowajah
Ajah Head – Soraya Sedai

Those Aes Sedai with an especially strong Talent for Healing join the Yellow Ajah. Yellow Sisters are wholly devoted to healing sickness and injury as well finding new cures and new methods of using the One Power to restore health, though in truth, few believe any better method exists than the one known since the Breaking.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219

Below you will find information on the Ajahs at the Tower. You will find listed the link to the Ajah’s Homepage and the list of the members with their rank and email addies. You will also notice that we have 9 Ajahs listed, instead of the normal 7, that is because we have the Black & Plaid Ajahs also. The Plaids are a totally OOC Ajah and if you want more information on them then email me.

Amyrlin Seat

Keeper of the Chronicles

Black Ajah – www.mangaknights.com/dmblackajah
Ajah Head – Julannah Sedai

Its sisters are said to have forsworn all their oaths, and serve only the Shadow. They are rumored to walk the halls of the Tower disguised as members of the other seven Ajahs.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 220

Blue Ajah – www.blueajah.i.am
Ajah Head – Julannah Sedai

The Blue Ajah is also run by a single very powerful woman, and is perhaps the most influential of the Ajahs, although one of the smaller ones. It’s primary focus is to champion worthy causes (worthy by Aes Sedai standards) and to promote justice. Skilled at political maneuvering, Blues are also able administrators. Since Artur Hawkwing’s time, more Amrylins have been raised from the Blue than any other Ajah.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219

Brown Ajah – www.geocities.com/rayalintiavery/brownajahpg.html
Ajah Head – Karana Sedai

Forsaking Mundane life in general, members of the Brown Ajah are dedicated to seeking and preserving knowledge. The Browns are primarily responsible for the procurement preservation of the vast cache of books and scrolls which make the Tower Library the largest single repository of knowledge in the land. Much that is known of artifacts or New Talents has been dicovered by the Sisters of the Brown Ajah.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219

Gray Ajah – www.grayajah.shacknet.nu
Ajah Head – Marce Sedai

The Gray Ajah are mediators, seeking harmony and consensus. Many kingdoms use Gray Sisters to insure that their treaties with one another will hold. The Gray Ajah are the listeners and the diplomats, the ambassadors and the psychologists.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219-220

Green Ajah – www.greenajah.org
Ajah Head – Lanfir Sedai

The Green Ajah is also known as the Battle Ajah. Their primary goal is to hold themselves ready for Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle with the Dark One. Fierce fighters of Shadowspawn, they are also known for their appreciation of men, a trait fairly rare among the other Ajahs. Green Sisters do not believe in limiting themselves to only one Warder. Some have been known to bond three or more at one time. While this fact is sometimes a source of humor among the Sisters of the other Ajahs, it is not an entirely frivolous practice. During the Trolloc Wars the Greens’ additional Warders made a positive difference in battle.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219

Plaid Ajah – www.boltpages.com:8081/pr0phet/plaidajah
Ajah Head – Darren

This is an Ajah exclusive to the DragonMount White Tower. This Ajah is a OOC Ajah and is around to drink Beer and Party.

- Provided by the MoN -

Red Ajah – www.geocities.com/yavannesedai
Ajah Head – Yavanne Sedai

It is known that the Red Ajah’s primary goal is to protect the land from all men who can channel the True Source. They hunt down men who can channel and bring them to the Tower to be gentled. They refuse to bind any Warders, possibly becuase their purpose makes it difficult for them to trust or work closley with any man. The Red Ajah is the largest.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219

White Ajah – www.lunarmagic.farstrider.org/whiteajah
Ajah Head – Lylana Sedai

The White Ajah, unlike all the others, avoid both the world and worldly knowledge. Questions of Philosophy engross them and the search for truths is their all consuming passion.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219

Yellow Ajah – www.crosswinds.net/~yellowajah
Ajah Head – Soraya Sedai

Those Aes Sedai with an especially strong Talent for Healing join the Yellow Ajah. Yellow Sisters are wholly devoted to healing sickness and injury as well finding new cures and new methods of using the One Power to restore health, though in truth, few believe any better method exists than the one known since the Breaking.

-The Wheel of Time-
By R. Jordan page 219

A little way brought him to a large expanse of bare ground, the earth beaten hard, at least fifty paces across and nearly twice as long. At intervals around it under the trees stood wooden stands holding quarterstaffs, and practice swords made of strips of wood bound loosely together, and a few real swords and axes and spears.

Spaced across the open ground, pairs of men, most stripped to the waist, flailed at each other with more practice swords. Some moved so smoothly it almost seemed they danced with one anohter, flowing from stance to stance, storke to counterstroke in continuous motion. — The Dragon Reborn, Scouting and Discoveries, Chap. 24 pg. 280 pb (Robert Jordan)

Philosophies of Combat

1. The Flame and Void – Discipline, strength, and emotionless movements. The body is forged into a weapon through the will of your mind. By shunning emotion and detaching from the world, one becomes powerful through precision of forms, discipline of the body, and absence of intruding thoughts and emotion. The warrior becomes true to the blade and cold to the surrounding environment.
2. The Spring – Relaxed spring, passion, and creative mental outlook. By embracing the emotions you live life to its fullest. You become passionate and fight with emotional content. Not fears, hate, rage, love, or anger, but rather with the strength we as a race get from the emotions we are born with. Creativity springs from the instincts of survival, energy is derived from both the plus and negative. For the body to be strong the mind must be in tune with the spirit and body, harmony is achieved through a passion for life.

Sword Forms

Here is a listing of some sword forms found in the Wheel of Time books. If you see any that may be wrong or have any additions to this list please contact Matalina.

The Warders have undergone a drastic change in the resent months. Dragonmount.com has been continuously working on updating to the 6th version of its site, and with it changes are being made to each organization.

The Warders have gone from a Role Playing Organization to solely community, as have all other organization. To combat the lack of activity in the down time many of the Warder staff have begun to post interesting activities.

Segurant has begun posting a number of interesting Book Discussions as well as a very active thread on a weekly basis called Celebrity Death Match. He’s pitted Fades against Ring Wraiths, Buffy and Faith against Chiad and Bain and this weeks is Rand versus Luke Skywalker. We look forward to seeing more of his Death Matches.

Aristos is conducting polls to see what games people at Dragonmount most like to play. He’s in the process of setting up some Diablo II games as well as Baldur’s Gate. We look forward to seeing them.

Matalina has a number of projects going on, a silly essay contest, icon contests and a puzzle contest. All of which were rather poorly participated in, but we hope they will make an appearance again in when there is more activity. Matalina is also trying to get started a Writer’s Workshop.

These are a few things that have been going on and we hope to see more in the future.

Dragonmount News

Dragonmount.com is undergoing some drastic changes. The message boards and database designed by the Dragonmount.com staff are currently under construction and the members are participating in their activites on Temporary boards hosted by Ezboard.com. These boards are ad free thanks to those members of Dragonmount.com who contributed to the funding of the boards.

Phoenix has struck a bargain with his wife. If the members of Dragonmount.com can pull together $500.00 (US), he will produce Dragonmount.com site content in 7 days of the money being raised. At least check the half way point was crossed. Please know that this will not mean that Dragonmount.com will be fully function, it means that it will have content on the pages in the new DM6 format, however, boards, database and things being reconstructed from scratch will not be ready for that time. The Dragonmount.com staff is working as hard as they can to make the boards better than ever and the time it takes to do this and have a full time job as well as a life outside of Dragonmount is very small. Please be patient with the staff, they are not going to forsake you.

Dragonmount 6.0 will be making it’s way to you this month. Actually on June 3rd the doors will be open to the static content. Databases and boards will not be done however.

Wheel of Time News

The title for book ten has been announced. The new book will be entitled “Crossroads of Twilight”. It’s release date is set for sometime in November of 2002. Want to read the jacket cover text and see the cover? Check out Dragonmount.com for more information.

Other Organization News

The Ogier Organization at Dragonmount.com has a new Org Leader. Congratulations to Emmie. Also the Black Tower has a new Org Leader. Congratulations to Dramon. The Band of the Red Hand also has a new Org Leader. Congratulations to Tenan. All Three will do well in bringing their Organizations into the new Dragonmount 6 format. Good luck and God Speed.

The Sea Folk have launched a campaign to get more members.

Hawkin’s Epitaph

Once a great King,
I have nothing to show,
Now, above me, flowers grow,
If not for my brave men and me,
The nation I rest under wouldn’t be free,

Outnumbered and in hopelessness, I lead my men to battle,
My sword raised, I scream in despair,
As I witness every saddle,
But my very own bare,
I am the only man left save a spearman,
My horse rushes him like a wild demon,
The sword in my hand finds his throat,
I look to the sky feeling no pain,
The spear in me saying I have been slain,
Around me, my blood forms a moat,
In darkness and silence I am cloaked,
The field of battle has been blood soaked,

Dry tears I now weep,
From my peaceful sleep,
For me and my men,
Who no one can remember,
The battle took place just two months ago, December,
I realize now that my death didn’t matter,
It just made the purses of others fatter,
The fruits my efforts and labor bore,
Are not appreciated anymore,
As I listen from eternal slumber,
It does me good to wonder,
If society knows the end is near,
If so, let them be full of fear,
I bow my head, and dread,
That all their sins will be forgiven,
In the peaceful darkness at the end.

Written by Hawkin (Hawkin’s looking for comments if you have any constructive criticism please email him at Hawkin@bolt.com.

The Falling Aiel

Let me tell you a tale
I’ve a tale I must tell
It’s the tale of an Aiel
of an Aiel that fell.
Of an Aiel that fell
and still falls to this day
coz gravity’s constant
it’s a bugger that way
So he falls ever downward
in the space between threads
“Take care on the platform”
the dragon had said.
But the others had jostled
they had pushed him and bumped
Now he falls ever downward
still expecting a thump
But this place has no bottom
it has no up nor down
so he falls inside outwards
he falls round and round
He plumets relentlessly
and sometimes he sings
then he’s silent for ages
in this place between things
He recalls every second,
every moment of life
in very clear detail
minute and precise
He remembers quite clearly
the absence of floor
when some joker on the platform said
“There’s room for one more”
So the Aiel keeps falling
through the hunger and thirst
and the mind-crushing loneliness
that’s probably the worst
Well that, and the boredom
there’s just nothing to do
except drop infinitum
like an unwanted poo
So he recites his times-tables
counts fingers and toes
outside of the pattern
where nobody goes
Then strangely he finds
as he falls in the black
that one’s mind does expand
as ones senses contract.
He finds comprehension
knowledge seeks him unbidden
a high plane of existence
where answers are hidden
And the universe speaks
to this one Aiel that listens
whispers meanings and truths
of ends and beginnings
Of atoms and molecules
of destiny and fate
light and dark, good and evil
now and then, love and hate
And he falls – revelation
the answer to ALL
the meaning to everything
for the Aiel that falls
He cries “Merciful Light!”
“It’s as simple as that?”
“With this knowledge I can escape!”
“With this knowlesge I can…”
SPLAT!
In this place between things
with no up and no down
I lied about one thing
as the Aiel just found
In this space between threads
with no light and no sound
he discovered the hard way
the presence of ground.

Written by Someone Long Ago

Celebrity Death Match

Week 1: Ring Wraith vs Fade

Close Matchup Ring Wraith wins.

Week 2: Buffy & Faith vs Chain & Bain

Slaughtered Buffy & Faith win.

Week 3: Luke Skywalker vs Rand

Slaughter Rand wins.

Week 4: Lan vs Strider & Brigitte vs Legolos

Slaughter Lan and Legolos win

Trivia Questions

Thrones

1. Who sits on the Diamond Throne?
2. What nation’s throne is called the Sun Throne?
3. Who is the heir to the Lion Throne?

Last Months Answers

1. No Questions asked last month

Book Discussions

Montly Book Discussion Contest

Submit your topic and your topic may be one of the topics discussed during the following months.

Last Months Topics

Over the last few months there have been some very intense Warder Topics being discussed by the Org. To see the full debate over why a Warder is considered the best check the Warders Board for the thread.

Also prior to that discussion there was another Warder Topic about Why Aes Sedai started bonding? There are some definate ideas there, but until Robert Jordan tells us, it’s up to our speculation.

Annual Letter to Robert Jordan

Yet again Matalina is hosting a letter to Robert Jordan. She is planning on writing a letter to him which will contain all of your letters you submit to her. She will send them out in at the end of July. If you are interested in sending Robert Jordan a Letter, Email her your letter to matalina@dragonmount.com. Spell check before you send it, she will do no editing.

Also Segurant is collecting Warder Questions to ask RJ in this same letter. If you have a question about Warders you wish to know email Segurant at segurant4@yahoo.com and he will compile the list of questions to send to Robert Jordan.

Book Review

The Wheel of Time RPG Book

The Wheel of Time RPG sourcebook is a typical manual in thebeginning. The first few sections contain instructions on creating a character. The information ranges from abilities, attributes, and background details. Ever wanted to know the true difference of a Taraboner and a Cairheinen. Well the section on background is so detailed, it seems that Robert Jordan wrote the text himself. The chapters thereafter describe the Feats and Skills each character can take. Wonder what the Dark One’s own luck does, read the book and find out.

The next sections are what makes this source book a must have for WoT fans. The chapter on Channeling is so detailed that you feel like you are learning the weaves from the White Tower. The section containsyour regular weave as well as lost and rare weaves. Each weave is detailed on range, effect, and level of power. Also each weave are sorted by categories like Elementalism and Healing. All of the creatures and Shadowspawn from the series are written in detail along with their stats and an artist drawing. Even the bios and the pictures of the main characters from the books are more detailed than any other books to date. The book also includes information on Tel’aran’rhiod and the Ways. The WoT RPG contains a small adventure in the back for players to be drawn into the world. It allows a small introduction into the world and for first time players.

Written by Segurant

Movie Review

Spiderman

Spiderman, the movie, is much like it’s predecessor the comic and the cartoon, except for one small fact. The spider is not gamma radiated, but genetically enhanced. There are a few other small things that are different from the movie and the comic, but all in all the portayal of the classic comic book character was excellent.

If you like a love story, check the movie out. If you like action adventure stories, check the movie out. Spiderman caters to all types of movie goers.

Toby Maquire (sp?) plays Spiderman to a T and Kirsten Dunst makes a very good red head playing Mary Jane. The movie leaves you hanging. So be prepared to check the next two Spiderman movies out. Yes, I said two. Toby Maguire received 4 million dollars for this film and will receive a total of 26 million for the next two flicks. I’d say we’ll see the next two. According to a radio stations entertainment news we will see Spiderman II November 21, 2003.

Music Review

Flammable: Tribute to the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Before Flammable: Tribute to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the only band I’m aware of that had covered the funky monks was All Saints, with their execrable 1998 version of “Under the Bridge.” Their crime was one of missing the point: one of the two heavily overplayed songs of the Chili Peppers’ breakthrough 1992 Blood Sugar Sex Magik disc, “Under the Bridge” spoke of pain, despair and drug addiction — something the airbrushed pop tarts couldn’t exactly pull off convincingly by sticking to their usual heavily produced harmonies.

That’s the challenging thing about reinterpreting someone else’s music. It’s not about imitating the original, or just bending lyrics to suit your style. It’s about finding a theme in the original, drawing it out and building your own voice on top of the framework. The Chili Peppers know this — they’ve successfully covered Jimi Hendrix, Iggy and the Stooges and Stevie Wonder, to name a few — and All Saints clearly didn’t.

Listening to Flammable: Tribute to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, I realized that there are others who need to learn All Saints’ lesson. The first and last tracks illustrate how wildly uneven Flammable is. Owl’s take on “Behind the Sun” extends its already mellow flavor and wraps a layer of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” trippiness around the original’s spacey lyrics. The result is a bubbly joy you normally wouldn’t associate with the Chili Peppers’ testosterone-laced funk. On the other end of the spectrum (and the disc), George Sarah’s “Me and My Friends” samples the opening riff a few times, then launches into a maddeningly generic techno grind that uses exactly none of the rest of the song. Why it’s on a Chili Peppers tribute album when 99 per cent of it is unrecognizable is beyond me.

“Under the Bridge” is here of course, painfully overwrought by the Solomon Burke Jr. Project. I like Burke’s voice, but when he works so hard at sounding heartfelt, it’s like Céline Dion deliberately over-emoting, if you can imagine such a thing. Then again, the original’s power comes from it being so personal, based on Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis’ struggle with the same heroin addiction that killed his best friend and bandmate Hillel Slovak; I’m not sure many people could pull it off.

With the exception of Tavu’s decidedly unfunky handling of the decidedly funky “The Power of Equality” (where no amount of screaming helps bring it closer to Kiedis’ moral outrage) the rest of the disc ranges from the adequate to the exemplary. The latter compliment I happily bestow on Gringo Floyd’s “Scar Tissue” and Capsule’s “Sexy Mexican Maid.” “Maid” is one of my favorite of the Chili Peppers’ special brand of perverse love songs. With the help of some DJ wizardry, original “Sexy Mexican Maid” hooks are morphed into a new soundscape that only loosely follows the original’s structure. The original elements are all there, though: the lustful lyrics sung with romantic longing, describing events in clear violation of an acceptable employer-domestic relationship, but sung with some saucy extra yearning by Capsule vocalist Laura Derby. The added frisson of girl-girl hijinks ups the naughtiness factor in an already naughty song, preserving the Chili Peppers’ flavor while making it an unmistakable Capsule performance. Now that’s a real tribute. | May 2001

Emru Townsend is a musically inclined freelance writer. (taken from Bluecoupe.com)

Anniversary/Birthdays/Promotions

Real Life Dates

The following is a list of Birthdays for this month

• None public

The following is a list of Wedding Anniversary’s for this month

• Matalina & Mandein (June 27th)

Warder Org Join Anniversarys & Promotions

The following is a list of Yearly Anniversaries

• Dabril (2 years)
• Lewin (2 years)
• Dean Vandahla (1 year)
• Vanair Sharkan (1 year)
• Charlie (1 year)
• Teslan (1 year)
• Dias Peacecraft (1 year)
• Xaria (1 year)
• Jonas Nylan (1 year)
• Eos (1 year)
• Brian Lobyr (1 year)
• Jerremy Hawkings (1 year)
• Kyle Conner (1 year)
• Jagard Dobraine (1 year)
• John Mason (1 year)

The following is a list of Promotions for this month.

• Dabril (2 years)
• Lewin (2 years)
• Dean Vandahla (1 year)
• Vanair Sharkan (1 year)
• Charlie (1 year)
• Teslan (1 year)
• Dias Peacecraft (1 year)
• Xaria (1 year)
• Jonas Nylan (1 year)
• Eos (1 year)
• Brian Lobyr (1 year)
• Jerremy Hawkings (1 year)
• Kyle Conner (1 year)
• Jagard Dobraine (1 year)
• John Mason (1 year)
• At’akorin (9 months)
• Yujiko (9 months)
• Tristan Carolina (9 months)
• Oslen (9 months)
• Joseph_Davian (9 months)
• Arizhel Wyndstrom (9 months)
• Daerien Avahre (9 months)
• oron Dijatcal (9 months)
• Kyrukan (9 months)
• Solas duFarceur (9 months)
• al’Langaris (9 months)
• Keith al’Baraak (9 months)
• Ghaldean (6 months)
• Dante Treaus (6 months)
• Carrog Gaidin(3 months)
• Axel (3 months)
• Corax (3 months)
• Paetr (3 months)
• Gabriel al’Massa (3 months)
• Paige (3 months)
• Huren al Rashid (3 months)
• Erik Highlander (3 months)
• naerik Jelal’ (3 months)
• Dowdy34 (3 months)
• Belaroth (3 months)
• Talon Nachiman (3 months)
• Dal Finlay (3 months)
• Marx A’Neanu (3 months)
• Wraith Blackmane (3 months)

Welcome New Members

The following is a list of new members to the Warders Org in the previous month, let’s welcome them with open arms.

• Zor al’Kin
• Brayton Orandu
• Flaren Winsid
• NoLan
• Cadrin
• Kain Zul’Gan De Meridian
• Uriel Allien
• Glazagore De’Athla
• elmore
• Deakin

Adding your Dates to the list

If you wish your birthdate, anniversary, etc to be announced in the monthly newsletter please send an email to birthdays@warders.ws and your date will be cataloged for the next upcoming date.

Projects/Announcements

Book Project still open

All orgs have been tasked to summarize and collect data for DM about each book. For every chapter you do you get an entry into a DM wide drawing for a free item in the DM store. If you would like to sign up for a chapter email Matalina. The Warders are doing the Great Hunt.

Diablo Gaming

As many of you know I recently hosted a Diablo II Ironman Tournament on Wed. 8th. I was very impressed by the turnout and we had a lot of fun. An Ironman tournament, for those that do not know, entails every player to create a new character. These characters cannot, by any means buy anything from any NPC. Every item must be obtained by finding them or by questing. This brings a new challenge into the game; characters now must share what they find and learn how to use their resources to the fullest. Also when a character dies, he or she really dies. This brings a Hardcore character element into the game. I want to thank and give praise to those that participated in this event:

Doc_Uzuki played an Amazon. With her, he was able to kill many foes before they even reached the party.

Kaeven played a Paladin. Using his powerful auras Kae was able to enhance our party ten fold and give us a good melee fighter.

Matsu Turi played a Barbarian. Using twin axes and skills of brute strength Turi was our front line fighter and could take on large numbers of enemies.

I played an Assassin. With twin Katars, guile, and speed I was able to destroy most enemies before they were able to react.

Portion of Gaming Article written by Aristos

Writers Workshops

Matalina is working on creating a Writers Workshop for all those interested in Writing. The first workshop is on Character Creation. This workshop is good not only for a writer but for all potential RPers out there. The next two workshops to follow Character Building is World Building and Conflict/Plot.

RP Information

Dragon Reborn PSW

The Amyrlin Seat is dead!

Age of Legends

This Portal Stone World is set mid-Collapse (when society was breaking down, the period between the Golden Age and the War of Power). The Bore has been drilled, the Chosen are turning, Lews Therin Telemon is First amoung Servants. The Age of Legends is a mix between tech and magic so it’s good for those who want an RP environment that’s a little more advanced when it comes to technology while still having the magical element.

The RP is not up and running yet. When it is people will have the choice of joining The Aes Sedai Div, the Grove Div (Orgier, Wolfkin and Nym), the Shadow Div, or the Aiel/Freelander Div. They are working on a website at the moment and I will provide a link as soon as it is available. Mostly at the moment the Incarns (Dalinarius and Deanne) are ironing out details since RJ doesn’t give many.

The do have a set of boards up right now. They can be found at http://pub7.ezboard.com/bageoflegendspsw This link can also be found on the RP board of the DM main temp site.

New Public Portal Stone Worlds

Nothing new atm.

Gaming Article

I want to welcome and thank you all for reading my article. I am very excited about keeping you all informed on the world of gaming and bringing you opportunities to game with other Dragonmount members. In this monthly article I will keep you up to date on upcoming games releases, Dragonmount gaming events, and anything else dealing with the wide world of games.

Recent Events:
As many of you know I recently hosted a Diablo II Ironman Tournament on Wed. 8th. I was very impressed by the turnout and we had a lot of fun. An Ironman tournament, for those that do not know, entails every player to create a new character. These characters cannot, by any means buy anything from any NPC. Every item must be obtained by finding them or by questing. This brings a new challenge into the game; characters now must share what they find and learn how to use their resources to the fullest. Also when a character dies, he or she really dies. This brings a Hardcore character element into the game. I want to thank and give praise to those that participated in this event:

Doc_Uzuki played an Amazon. With her, he was able to kill many foes before they even reached the party.

Kaeven played a Paladin. Using his powerful auras Kae was able to enhance our party ten fold and give us a good melee fighter.

Matsu Turi played a Barbarian. Using twin axes and skills of brute strength Turi was our front line fighter and could take on large numbers of enemies.

I played an Assassin. With twin Katars, guile, and speed I was able to destroy most enemies before they were able to react.

Upcoming Events:
Those of you who could not participate for some reason do not worry. I will be hosting many gaming events in the near future and I expect each to be very fun. In the next two months I hope to host a multitude of online RPG games such as Baldurs Gate, Summoner, Dungeon Siege and many others. Keep your eyes peeled for announcements, and read this article for confirmed dates.

Games of interest:
Dungeon Siege- a Diablo like RPG game set in medieval times where you play a simple farmer who must build up enough skill and gather powerful allies to destroy a great evil which plagues the land.

My thoughts: Not to shabby of a game, graphics will remind you of a cartoon and the camera views are great. Unlike Diablo you have a whole party to level and you don’t have to stick with one certain class. You can be just as good with a melee weapon as you are magic. The game is a little tedious though and the storyline needs some work. The world is HUGE and you will spend ages just roaming around trying to get from one place to the other. If you like RPG games this is a must.

Jedi Outcast- Set in the world of Star Wars you play an outcast Jedi who must take up the Lightsaber and the awesome Jedi powers once more to save the universe.

My thoughts: I played this game once or twice at a friend’s house and utterly love it. Unlike its predecessor you can interact with almost EVERYTHING in the game. And best of all you have 3 different styles of fighting to choose from and each style has a different effect on the Saber form you use. Those of you who are Warders or have a sword using character will find this game very enjoyable. Also Jedi powers are very cool, each has 3 power levels and are very realistic. Powers include, Jedi mind trick, Jedi Jump, Jedi Speed, Choking grasp, Force Lightning and many others. Unfortunately this game is VERY strict on what video cards it supports and can use. Even if you think you have the top line card you will find that Jedi Outcast will utterly hate your Glide drivers. And for those of you with older cards.don’t even buy the game. You are going to waist 45 bucks on a game you can’t play. If you like Star Wars you will love this game.

Resident Evil for Game Cube- you play as Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine. Members of a Team known as S.T.A.R.S. A virus has struck changing people into zombies and mutating other creatures. You and your team must stop this and find out who is behind it.

My thoughts: I have seen the game played and I have played the original game for Playstation. If you liked the first you will enjoy this version very much. Graphics are ten times better and there are things that will pop up during the game that didn’t in the first.

I hope you have all enjoyed this article. In the future I will add new sections like, “Reviews by DM Members”, “Codes and Spoilers” and others. Please look forward to them.

Do you have a game you would like reviewed? Is there something you would like to comment on? Any complaints or suggestions? Send me your thoughts at morzanwiz@mailcity.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

Written by Aristos

Humor

Do Fades have noses?

The rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan newsgroup embroiled itself in a vehement debate, some time ago, as Jordan-obsessed artists struggled to depict Myrddraal: do Fades have eyebrows? Unfortunately, this question only skirts a much more important question, namely, how to depict a Myrddraal: nose or no nose?

Personally, I have no doubts: the nose is absent. Suits my personal sense of aesthetics. Jordan repeatedly insists on a egg-smooth face, presumably lacking a nose. Despite frequent mentions of Myrddraal, and detailed descriptions of their faces, a nose is never mentioned.

The WoT presents a face that is “From oily black hair to puffy cheeks … as smooth as an eggshell.” (TEotW: 17, 247, Watchers and Hunters) Surely a “… smooth expanse of pale, pasty face …” (TDR: 29, Prologue) leaves no room for a nose. “barefaced” (TEotW: 51, 761, Against the Shadow) I presume means noseless, and “… a dead-white sweep of skin where eyes should be …” (TFoH: 22, 398, Birdcalls by night), while it does not disallow for such a facial feature, surely would not be called a sweep if a nose were present.

Given that noselessness has been established, or is very probable at the least, why would Jordan not have mentioned so great an oversight? Think of the unexplored literary possibilities: “The look of the Noseless is fear”, or perhaps “The sniff of the Noseless is death”; “Wolf images were complex: Neverborn, but also they were scentless two-legs, Leafblighter’s Unnosed …” The very mention of a Myrddraal’s noselessness could enhance the ominous, chilling quality of Jordan’s description.

I further note that Fades are referred to as Halfmen. Not Halfpeople, never Halfwomen; there are no females. They are Neverborn, that is, not born of a mother, a female of the species. Only makes sense within the framework of the WoT; the ability to sniff is requisite for any of Jordan’s female characters. Coincidence? I think not — Fades are, must be, noseless.

Then again, perhaps the Noseless *can* sniff, just as the Eyeless can stare. Perhaps I’ve gotten it all wrong: “The Halfwoman audibly sniffed, and tugged at her black cloak.”

Taken from Paul Postuma’s Robert Joradan Page

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Warder Policy

This document explains what it means to be a Member of the Warders Organization and part of its community. The rules and regulations and advancement, anything having to do with the Warders is in this one document.

Why to join the Warder’s Organization.

What is a Warder? By the book definition a Warder is a warrior bonded to an Aes Sedai, but by our defintion a Warder is a person who takes the ideal Warder Characteristics found in the books and finds that they are similar to your ideals. We do allow bonding in an Out of Character fashion, however this bond is a recongition of friendship rather that what it represents in the books. If you can identify with what it means to be a Warder, then this is the place for you.

Introduction

The Warder’s Org is different from other Orgs as there is no ranks inside of the organization. The look of a rank is just merely an indication of the amount of time you’ve been affliated with the Warders Organization. There are 6 different category of members that are all time based. (New Member, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year, & 2 year). You will gain your new icon based on your activity. (Defintion of Activity: Logging in to the Warders once a month.) Participation is not mandatory, but is encouraged. We try to cater to all our members and to make activities all of you can participate in. Any member who doesn’t not request a leave of absense will be placed into the inactive category until the time they do return and request to be take out of inactive status. Inactive status will be given when a member has not logged in prior to the end of the month. Every 15th of the month all newly inactive members will be given notice via email and come the end of the month if they’ve not logged in they will be placed on Inactive.

The Warders have no goal, we only wish to help furter your fun at Dragonmount, be it by Book Discussions or Games played with other members of the Organization. If you have an activity you’d like to see done, please contact Matalina and give her your idea. Help is always welcome in the Warders.

Need help?

The following are list of people who can help you.

Master at Arms – Matalina
Genearl Warder Staff – staff@warders.ws
RP Contact – Alin

Warder Staff Contact Information

Warder Ranks

All Ranks are based on the time you’ve been an active member of the Warder’s Organization.

Definition: Activity – Logging in to the Warder’s Organization once every calendar month.

List of Ranks

• Staff
• 2 year Warder
• 1 year Warder
• 9 months Warder
• 6 months Warder
• 3 months Warder
• New Member Warder
• Inactive

In order to move from New Member Warder to any of the above ranks the New Member Join Form must be filled out by the time you are up for promotion.

Specialty Ranks

All Active Warders are entitled to specialty Ranks. Specialty Ranks require more than activity to be gained. The following is a list of requirements to gain Specialty Ranks.

1. New Member Join Form
2. Two Specialty Projects from approved list

Rules for Specialty Ranks

To maintain your specialty Rank you must remain active. If you do not tell the Master at Arms you are going on leave you will lose all work done towards your Specialty icons.

All Active Members may have more than one Specialty Rank, however only one icon may be used at a time. You may switch your icon once every calendar month.

Activity

At the end of every month the Warder Staff will move all inactive members from their current rank to Inactive.

If you know you will be gone longer than one month then you must tell the Master at Arms you are going on leave. Send an email to onleave@warders.ws telling the Master at Arms you are going on Leave.

Approximately on the 15th of every month all active members who have not logged in as of yet will be notified that their account is inactive and that if they fail to log in before the end of the month their character will be put on inactive list, hereby losing all specialty work and ranks.

Longbow ——— 40 Yards………… Blowgun n/a ——5-20 Yards

Shortbow ——– 30 Yards…………….. Comp. Long —– 60 Yards

Comp. Short —– 50 Yards…………….. Heavy Cross. —- 70 Yards

Hand Cross. —– 10 Yards……………… Sling ————- 15 Yards

Staffsling ———-25 Yards………… Javelin n/a ——–10-25 Yards

Note: Many thanks to Radzynne, Ghalren, Stefen, and Dienekes who made this armory possible with thier contributions.