Celestial Storm News

Sunday, May 1st, 2005

Trips to Scarlet Monestary

Young padawans visited the Scarlet Monestary in hopes of becoming one with the crusade. However, they weren't too optimistic about our application once we started killing 'em.

They also didn't like our "Race to the Boss"

And a nice battle with a big ape

Sunday, March 27th, 2005

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...

Been about a year now since the last update where we were stompin some dragons down the toilet! After a brief trip through CoH, we've landed onto WoW. Come join 'Heroes Reborn' on the lightbringer server as Alliance, or 'Legion of Doom' on Malygos as the Horde.

For a trip down memory lane and the adventures of Celestial Storm: Visit our Archived News (for other pics: Pics)

SIGS!!!!!!!!
If you had a sig hosted by us on my ISP's members.rogers.com webserver, you must now use our main server: www.celestialstorm.org

Example:
Old Sig: http://members.rogers.com/celestialstormeq/sigs/Pavadar.jpg
New Sig: http://www.celestialstorm.org/sigs/Pavadar.jpg

And if that doesn't work.. email pavadar @ yahoo.ca

And the obligitory Dragon Killing Pic!

News

Thursday, May 6th, 2004

And another one bites the dust!

And another one...

and another one...

and another one bites the Dust!..

hey, I'm gonna get you too:

another one bites the dust!

Monday, February 9th, 2004

A Much Needed Update!

We shall begin with Tales of Adventures!

Trial of Execution - by Rhuark

We ran quickly to PoJ, buffed up and headed in. Every fight was down to the wire but every member managed to pull off a miracle just when we thought it was going south in a hurry. Traxon tanked quite well, getting some very timely life tap crits and Voldemore was throwing around 5K nukes like he was passing out candy to the kiddies. Hart was criting like mad with bow shots and Ajaa got off some key Crits on her nukes a couple of times when we thought we weren't going to make it. We are on the last mob of the fourth wave and the executioner is about to whack our prisoner and the last mob still has 30% health when Vold comes out with a big boomer for 6K!! He calls 4m just as the boss spawns. Now here is where it gets ugly. Trax dives on the guy while Ajaa starts mashing her Slow button like there's no tomorrow. She gets summoned and starts getting chewed on bad even with her instant Rune spell. Right about the time we think Ajaa is done Traxon crits one of his life taps and just smokes the boss thus saving Ajaa's life. Sen calls out at this point OOM and the boss is only down to about 80% health. Ajaa lands slow, but Trax is down to about 40% and Sen is clicking her heal button non-stop hoping for just enough mana to land another big heal, Some how while Sen is getting her mana back up Traxon manages to stay alive using life taps or something but he manages to hold his health at about 20% until Sen is finally able to land another heal. Meanwhile, Vold is starts harvesting mana for a couple more nukes and we manage to get the mob down to about 20%. Sen is medding for another heal on Traxon when Traxon goes down and Hart jumps in and starts tanking. She actually tanked pretty well and stayed in the fight for a long while. At that point Ajaa starts chaining runes on Hart and really pisses the boss mob off and she gets munched. Ajaa goes down. Sen has just enough mana to get off a heal on Hart which holds Harts health at about 20% but the boss is winning the war and slowly she creeps down. Now at this point we have the boss down to about 10% and I typed out WEP SHIELD!! But before Hart can click it on she falls. Now Sen the whole time is telling me, "I've almost got enough mana for another heal" and Vold calls out Harvesting!! ROTFLOL Vold is in a panic trying to squeek out enough mana for one more nuke. Before we came into the trial he loaded one efficient small nuke just incase he got into a situation where he didn't have enough mana for a big nuke. So, I know if I can just stay alive for a few more seconds Sen can get off another heal and buy enough time for Vold to land another nuke. The executioner is pounding on me and my dual wield is killing me on reposts I drop to about 40% and I hit my Weapon Shield disc, and gain 18 more seconds of fight. Meanwhile, Sen has enough to land a heal on me and I keep beating on the boss executioner. I'm back up to about full health and dying fast and we've got the boss down to about 5% and while wep shield is on I land two more big nukes for 512 and 499 and push him down to about 3% when Vold's harvest button resets and he mashes that and has just enough mana to launch his small nuke and he Crits for 2800 and down goes the bad guy!!

WOOT!! It was such a fun fight I still have goose bumps!!

Tale of a Warrior - by Berzurker (a tank of few words)

Talked Lizboy into leading another Grummus raid . got Bera Pav Crimson and Cereion to come with us ... and we actually SMOKED him this time was great grats on the flags all that attended..

Droga Boyoga - by Rhuark

Friday night, Myself, Sen, Recco, Daolas, Flippz, and Wulfied ventured down into the depths of Droga. I must say, I understand now what all the hub bub is about. The exp is actually really good and working a couple camps holding named mob spawns the loot can get pretty good too.

We got Wulfied a new neck item:

Prismatic Necklace of Peace
LORE ITEM MAGIC ITEM
Weight: 1.1 Size: SMALL
Slot: NECK
AC: +5 Cha: +5 Wis: +10 Disease Resist: +5 Poison Resist: +5 HP: +25 Mana: +45
Classes: Cleric Druid Shaman
Races: All Races

And Daolas got some new boots:

Kingly Boots of Splendor
LORE ITEM MAGIC ITEM
Weight: 2.1 Size: MEDIUM
Slot: FEET
AC: +14 Str: +8 Sta: +8 Wis: +4 Int: +4 Fire Resist: +7 Cold Resist: +7 Magic Resist: +7 HP: +65 Mana: +25
Classes: Beastlord Ranger Paladin Shadowknight Bard Monk Rogue Warrior
Races: All Races

Congratulations to the following people for gaining levels!

Aanieden: 61 - 65	Jemenu: 28 & 29	Quesnif: 12 & 13
Algaron: 17	Jronaq: 46 - 53	Rhuark: 59 - 62
Arrwenn: 36	Kaerae: 34 - 47	Rhyannian: 41 - 43
Bebus: 44	Karavek: 56 & 57	Sakmet: 37 - 45
Beracah: 63 - 65	Kargoth: 11 - 15	Sardara: 60 - 65
Berzurker: 59 - 65	Karruk: 37 & 38	Saslaric: 47 & 48
Calgacus: 25	Keldane: 53	Satharx: 63 - 65
Celariel: 33 - 35	Kilor: 48	Senarya: 61 & 62
Cloudwulf: 26 & 27	Kirras: 26 - 30	Senyan: 30 - 35
Crim: 53	Kittyrogue: 16 - 22	Serdara: 32
Crimsonfist: 62 - 65	Klakven: 30 - 48	Shadeybebus: 34 - 47
Daolas: 54 - 57	Landith: 23 - 28	Shogoth: 53 - 61
Disparu: 27 & 28	Lateria: 18 - 30	Slarti: 26 - 34
Dolffinia: 62 - 64	Lazer: 64 & 65	Stryddur: 37 - 63
Flippz: 6 - 65	Lkbong: 33 - 54	Sweetaz: 37 & 38
Fredibebus: 60	Longtuth: 14 - 18	Taddwin: 58 - 62
Fumdidar: 31 - 39	Loultar: 35 - 55	Takaram: 62 - 65
Gandalin: 59 - 63	Lyndol: 24 - 26	Tekash: 30
Giludan: 47	Lyndycat: 45 - 51	Termagar: 52
Grimsouled: 65	Mezmire: 50 - 52	Thagor: 18 - 20
Heavons: 37 - 62	Mordane: 17	Toetickler: 32 & 33
Hellbilly: 37 & 38	Myroko: 51	Tsung: 31 - 49
Holybebus: 31 - 42	Mythandariel: 30 - 32	Wambon: 53 - 55
Igott: 38 - 45	Naula: 53 - 56	Worn: 23
Istanrif: 21 - 23	Nemeck: 27 - 29	Wulfiewar: 33
Istivakk: 36 - 40	Othella: 41 - 55	Yarrow: 48 - 50
Jacci: 38 - 41	Pavadar: 63 - 65	Zukeksis: 33
Jamenu: 59 & 60	Prestobebus: 3 - 17	Zumo: 42

Now it's time for some pics

Lord "You Know Who" had his butt kicked by some "Noble" adventurers!

The OGRE Rangers!

DA raided the AoW, here's the killing crew!

The killing crew for a Hard lvl 65 LDON. We won with 2 min to spare!

That's it for this update! -- Pav

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2003 **whoops** Monday, September 22nd, 2003

Holy Update Batman!

I had an update all ready for sept 2, but for some reason i just never finished it (eq is to blame). Anyway this update is for pre-LDON adventures

Our trip to PoA with FF folks, lead us with lots of ranger epic drops and the necro epic drop!

Our trip to the Deep with PO! The invisible bridge was definetly a thrill!

Our trip to HoT! Lots of good armour drops!

Our trip to UP! Where we killed the horse I rode in on!

The Lodi Campers!

And a big congrats to all our members who gained levels!

Aanieden: 58 - 60	Igott: 35 - 37	Rhuark: 58
Aaranen: 29 - 33	Ironberd: 54	Sakmet: 35 & 36
Algaron: 14 - 16	Ironshoe: 15	Sardara: 58 & 59
Arikki: 56 & 57	Istivan: 60	Satharx: 61 & 62
Armeldil: 25	Jamenu: 57 & 58	Senarya: 59 & 60
Arrwenn: 35	Jemenu: 20 - 27	Serdara: 31
Beracah: 61 & 62	Jronaq: 45	Shadeybebus: 29 - 33
Berzurker: 57 & 58	Keldane: 52	Shogoth: 51 & 52
Celariel: 24 - 32	Kirras: 25	Sikak: 35 & 36
Cereion: 55 - 60	Landith: 22	Slarti: 25
Colde: 30 - 32	Lazer: 61 - 63	Sweetaz: 34 - 36
Crimsonfist: 61	Leudeen: 35	Taddwin: 55 - 57
Disparu: 22 - 26	Mordane: 12 - 16	Takaram: 58 - 61
Dolffinia: 58 - 61	Mrlyn: 33 - 53	Toetickler: 28 - 31
Fredibebus: 59	Naula: 52	Tsung: 28 - 30
Fumdidar: 27 - 30	Nemeck: 23 - 26	Worn: 22
Gandalin: 57 & 58	Partikle: 49 - 52	Xomezz: 64 & 65
Grimsouled: 64	Quesnif: 11	Yarrow: 47
Holybebus: 27 - 30	Raidden: 53 - 65	Ygrainne: 64 & 65

Thursday, August 14th, 2003

EPIKS!!

Leaf-Blowers unite to cleanse the world of leaves!

Grats to the Stormryders for completing their epics and Lazer for completing the second half of the ranger epic!

After 2 months of waiting, we finally have a pic of Rhuark and his epic. Musta got lost in the email ;)

Cereion has come out of retirement to show off his flaming epic! We welcome him back with some Smokey the Bear tips: "Only YOU can prevent forest fires!"

And in other news, we've had 2 hate filled months, with hate raids non-stop. And our allies lend a hand now and then (sorry bad pun), thanks to FF and PO.

We also had a trip to VSR to help out Blazzeed and Daolas get parts of their epiks:

Aaaand we congratulate the following people for gaining levels!:

Aanieden 56 & 57, Beracah 56 - 60, Cadogg 63 - 65, Cairi 19, Celariel 23, Cloudwulf 24 & 25, Crim 52, Crimsonfist 56 - 60, Daolas 53, Dolffinia 52 - 57, Fredibebus 58, Fumdidar 17 - 26, Gondorf 37, Grimsouled 62 & 63, Holybebus 19 - 26, Igott 28 - 34, Ironberd 49 - 53, Ironshoe 12 - 14, Istivan 58 & 59, Jamenu 56, Jronaq 43 & 44, Karavek 54 & 55, Keldane 49 - 51, Kirras 18 - 24, Klakven 32 - 34, Landith 21, Lateria 16 & 17, Lazer 57 - 60, Lkbong 53, Ludeun 60, Maitten 62 & 63, Mezmire 48 & 49, Mlaben 15 - 17, Nantun 19 - 21, Naula 50 & 51, Nonnie 40, Partikle 42 - 48, Pavadar 59 - 62, Prestobebus 2, Pudg 33, Rhuark 55 - 57, Sakmet 33 & 34, Sardara 56 & 57, Satharx 59 & 60, Saxxor 26, Senarya 55 - 58, Shadeybebus 22 - 28, Stryddur 58 - 60, Sweetaz 28 - 33, Syphonserpent 19 & 20, Taddwin 49 - 54, Takaram 53 - 57, Tandarya 25 - 29, Termagar 51, Toetickler 25 - 27, Ufgood 53 - 55, Uggli 35 - 41, Wambon 51 & 52, Worn 21, Wulfbeast 34 & 35, Wulfied 54 - 57, Wulfiewar 31 & 32, Xomezz 61 - 63, Yarrow 46, Ygrainne 61 - 63, Zumo 41, Zurastiny 53

We also welcome the following people to CS:

Adinus a 56 Druid, Arikki a 55 Enchanter, Badafu a 12 Warrior, Berzurker a 56 Warrior, Chiannah a 19 Magician, Disparu a 21 Rogue, Gollo a 52 Druid, Grimheart a 47 Necromancer, Karruk a 36 Shaman, Kawbo a 12 Rogue, Kelleo a 53 Druid, Kilor a 47 Warrior, Kittyrogue a 15 Rogue, Leudeen a 34 Druid, Loultar a 34 Shadow Knight, Mordane a 11 Magician, Nemeck a 22 Ranger, Othella a 40 Beastlord, Raidden a 52 Ranger, Rhyannian a 40 Ranger, Scaldari a 54 Bard, Shogoth a 50 Necromancer, Sinpurge a 51 Paladin, Slarti a 24 Shaman, Supah a 65 Monk, Thagor a 17 Magician, Zenae a 47 Monk

That's it for this update! Congrats to all those who have accomplished their goals! -- Pav

Monday, June 23th, 2003

CAN YOU SPELL EPLIC??!!

I know these clicky clerics can!!

And these Pokey Shammies!!!

And this fiery Paladin!!!

And this ranger!! (though I'm sure we've all seen enough fake pics of him by now =))

Congrats to you all!!!!!

And in other news...

We had our guild meeting, which i didn't get any pics (/bonk). No gnomes volunteered for Gnome Football, So Maitten volunteered his corpse for RUNT BALL!!! And at the guild meeting our new folk went through the painstaking process of introducing themselves. We welcome, Grimsouled and Alts, Maedon, Gonner, Menicer, Quagetta, Ambrile, Leeeeeeeeeeeeeesa (sp?), and Luduen! There was also some bard dueling, however, the outcome was not pretty. We shall leave the bard who got his butt whooped nameless =)

Fredibebus has taken on the role of officer in our guild, and in doing so he volunteered to do more posing for the camera. Oh, and volunteered to open the guild vault =)

Lazer has finally come to the conlusion that he can't afford a horse. Instead, he has bought a cart. Looks like he needs someone to push it. /smirk

Lots of Fun in Nadox for the past few weeks getting our Rangers ICEWIND!!! I don't have any pics of the spell in action, but imagine a huge white ball of ICE!
Thanks goes out to the Forsaken Fellowship folks for lending a hand!

Levels!!! There's a lot of them!! The following people have gained levels in some way shape or form!!

Aanieden 55, Aaranen 28, Algaron 12 & 13, Antis 6, Archymedes 45 - 55, Arrwenn 33 & 34, Beracah 52 - 55, Blazzeed 52, Cadogg 61 & 62, Cairi 18, Cereion 54, Chandrala 53, Crimsonfist 55, Daolas 52, Deadwulf 31, Diggie 3 & 4, Dolffinia 47 - 51, Draxona 44 & 45, Ecclastes 55, Faleesha 41, Flipflopdol 11 - 17, Frazmar 24 - 27, Fredibebus 57, Giludan 45 & 46, Gretyl 16, Grimmond 53 & 54, Ironberd 47 & 48, Ironshoe 11, Istanrif 17 - 20, Istivan 57, Jacci 33 - 37, Jamenu 55, Jemenu 18 & 19, Kagg 23 - 31, Karavek 40 - 53, Keldane 45 - 48, Klakven 26 - 31, Krokser 27, Landith 19 & 20, Laolas 21 & 22, Lateria 12 - 15, Lazer 55 & 56, Makshais 22 - 24, Mangler 57 & 58, Metaxa 50 & 51, Mezmire 45 - 47, Mrlyn 30 - 32, Mythandariel 29, Naula 36 - 49, Nonnie 39, Partikle 37 - 41, Perrywynkle 18 - 24, Phroggette 24, Phyrejumper 26 - 34, Rhuark 53 & 54, Sardara 55, Saxxor 23 - 25, Senarya 53 & 54, Sikak 34, Stryddur 56 & 57, Swampzenn 24, Syphonserpent 15 - 18, Taankk 55, Taddwin 39 - 48, Takaram 47 - 52, Tandarya 20 - 24, Toadgirl 20, Toetickler 24, Uggli 27 - 34, Warpe 24 - 31, Worn 17 - 20, Wulfbeast 32 & 33, Wulfied 53, Wulfiewar 30, Wulfnite 13, Xlor 53, Xomezz 59 & 60, Yarrow 45, Ygrainne 59 & 60, Yipper 34 - 36, Zumo 40

FORWARD THE STORM!!!!!!

And one last pic of an MGB in the nexus (5pp to whoever can find Waldo!):

-- Pavadar
(fyi: koava is currently on vacation, for now we'll have to put up with my clear abuse of exclamation points!!)

Tuesday, April 29th, 2003

News

Several of our members have recently attained new levels and they are recognized ... same old people again as usual ... Razertooth - 59 & 60 ... Ygrainne - 60 ... Stryddur - 56 ... Lazer - 55 ... Grimmond - 53 ... Rhuark - 53 ... Beracah - 52 ... Blazzeed - 52 ... Takaram - 47 thru 51 ... Ironberd - 47 ... thru 50 ... Dolffinia - 46 thru 48 ... Archymedes - 45 ... Giludan - 45 ... Keldane - 45 ... Mezmire - 45 ... Faleesha - 41 ... Karavek - 40 ... Taddwin - 39 & 40 ... Partikle - 37 thru 39 ... Naula 36 thru 38 ... Yipper - 34 ... Jacci - 33 ... Wulfbeast - 32 ... Mythandariel - 29 ... Aaranen - 28 ... Kagg 23 thru 27 ... Phyrejumper - 26 & 27 ... Saxxor 23 thru 25 ... Frazmar - 24 ... Perrywynkle 18 thru 24 ... Makshais 22 & 23 ... Laolas - 21... Cairi - 18 ... Syphonserpent - 15 & 16 ... and Antis - 6. Quite a list ... looks like the whos who list in the Freeport County lockup. Also please welcome new member Calgacus a 24 Warrior ... and we do need warriors. It also seems that Fredibebus has attained the much pronounced rank of Brother.

In other news Lady Senarya completed her epic after a fairly short fight that was as well attended as any event we have seen recently in Norrath. There was only one death reported ... though it seems to have been reported three times. Our good wizard Dolffinia seems to have been killed by the dragon, a drake, and by some passing guy selling ice cream. However all our many thanks to those who attended and an special congratulations to Lady Senarya.

Grimmond Stormhealer has changed residence and had put out a shingle in Velks if anyone is looking for permanent lodgings or a single nights entertainment. The Ygrainne sub-clan has also found lodgings in a hallway in Plane Of Justice ... must not be any rooms left.

A large raid to Charduk was attended by several guild members and they report that the King fell twice and also the Queen once. An epic raid for an FV rogue was held in Kithkor Forest and attended by Cereion, he reported several cases of dueling and other contests of skill or boredom. Some large amount of discussion in the guild hall resulted and that has been posted for all to see. Lastly a couple attempts at VS in Karnors Castle resulted in varying degrees of success ... the downside being two party wipeouts ... and a long trip to Lord Naffagens Lair to recover Wulfied's corpse ... how it got there is still being discussed. I would however point to "Danalin's Rule #41 ... Casters should ALWAYS bind outside their hunting area BEFORE engaging in the nights activities."

Cerion looked back down the hall and then again to the paper ... poor Wulfied ... who is Danalin ? and what are the other 40 rules ? We need to get a copy of them ... and give them to Wulfied ... rule number 1 must be don't step in holes.

Thursday, January 9th, 2002

News nEws neWs newS

This report just handed to me from our roving reporter, Grimmond Stormhealer ... The Storm have made several raids into Kael recently and there are several pictures of the carnage accompanying these incursions. I have several accounts of massive death, destruction, stupidity, and a raid that almost was as well. Also that night Rhuark and Cereion were trying to out do the other by seeing who could die the most ... their contest was ended in a tie due to lack of time, and the number of deaths were held to just four. Odd, I would have thought that they certainly could have died a couple more times. There seems to have been one particular night where after a wrong turn ... must have been a wrong turn cause I don't know WHAT OUR guild would have been doing heading to or anywhere near the arena, where the raiders were slaughtered and required the services of a high level cleric from another guild. We do commend this good Samaritan by the name of Onidana for res'ing all the bodies ... the Gods of Norrath know that there are already enough dead heroes in Kael and it surely does not require the likes of you stinking up the place. Recent drops from the raids have yielded The Axe of Frost (taken by Grimmond for me), a Dire Wolf Hide Cloak received by Wulfied, and the Corroded Chain Sleeves won by Lazer.

Giant Fun	Arena	The Good Samaritan

I see that several clerics in the guild have been busy. The Fire elemental Ixiblat was thrashed soundly by no less than 25 adventurers resulting in the recovery of epic parts for Senarya, Ygrainne, and Keyera as well as some other wayward cleric who needed the help of this guild to get his piece. Attending this event were Aanieden, Grimmond, Xomezz, Zazrr, Ygrainne, Senarya, Rhuark, Kajyra, Tarl, Wulfied, Zoram, Tandaarx, Pavadar, Ajaa, Darum, Kilssi, Mathiyas, Rylok, Jaladace, Haim, Keyera, Drellethin, and Nanadarya, in no particular order.

Also on the epic hunt was Grimmond who camped Lord Begurgle three times recently only to be rejected each time ... I have it on good authority Grim that Lord Begurgle is camping you and thus knows when you spawn. Also it seems that Wulfied was looking for epic parts as well. I see that once she rid herself of Grimmond she was actually able to garner a piece of her epic, but there are rumors that he was there too, as were Pavadar, Cerion, Sardara, Wulfied of course and Aanieden.

This news flash was just handed to me ... Rhuark was killed last night while attempting to pull Lord Bubblehead for Grimmond. What the heck was he thinking ... I can only assume that he took pity on my poor half-brother ... {giggles and snorts while reading ahead} ... and that he died a most unglamorous death by drowning ... Hey don't rangers get Enduring Breath at like level 39 ... and you guys actually follow him to places like Umbral Plains and Skyfire ? Well according to this Grimmond actually got the head piece and can now move on. Grim, there is an old Dark elf saying ... if at first you don't succeed and you try again 7 more times and don't succeed at them either .... you are either very patient or a proven failure. Many thanks to Lady Senarya who's bright idea was to hail some odd chap who thought he knew where Lord Begurggle was hanging out. Apparently it worked. Now we don't have to listen to Grimmond complaining about camping that bugger anymore.

Well I'm outa here ! ... Hmmmm ? ... Oh yeah .... sorry forgot to sign off ... Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow ... Huh ? What do you mean I can't say that ... Who's got it copyrighted ? ... Never heard of 'em. He wants it so bad he can duel me for the privilege. HA ! ....

Wednesday, December 25th, 2002

!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!

Monday, November 18, 2002

Weekly Update

This story was handed to me at the beginning of my reading by your roving reporter, Grimmond Stormhealer ... (she looks down at the parchment and reads ahead). Why does he think I will be interested in reading this garbage ... yup, I would have expected as much ... because it was him involved again ... remember how I warned you at the top of this hour that there had been a safari ? Well it says here that Pavadar, Grimmond, Gigasmack, Phyre, Krysalys, Takaram, Aanieden, Saktoth, Lazer, Spottedwulf, Winasu and a couple other members of this guild participated in something known as the First Annual Lion Country Safari ... did I read that correctly ... first ANNUAL ... does that mean that some vindictive god is going to allow this to happen again ? I would rather that the Wood Elves and their starched collared lackeys, the High Elves, sack and occupy Neriak for the next ten years then to see this event happen again. It also says that if you are retaining various meats or pelts and don't have a need for them, to pass the meats to Grimmond, and the pelts to Kajyra. There is an accompanying picture as well. Sad ... really sad.

Looks like a few pictures of some sort of pet show as well. Looks like Pavadar was the early leader with his Evil Eye pet, but then Krysalys showed up with her Griffin and attained the judges favor. With that, Pav re-registered under an assumed name with his entry ... Hill Giant. He was disqualified when his "pet" ate a judge and promptly beat the snot out of him ... (laughing she snorts out) ... I guess that is why Spottedwulf's pet won the best trained award. Honorable mention went to Gigasmack's spider ... and of course we have pictures of the pets with their owners ... would have liked one of the giant beating Pav ... but you can't have everything.

3rd Eye	Krys's Griffon	Pav's Hill Giant

Giga's Pet	Spot's Warder

I am supposed to welcome lady Kajyra, Lord Tarl, and Draxona to the guild. They are a seasoned shaman, warrior, and shadow knight, so what they are doing amoungst you I have know idea. I only hope that they soon see the error of their ways and make a quick dash for the door.

Well ... I guess that was painless enough ... (crumpling the remaining notes ... she tosses them at the closest member of the audience and walks away) ... from the back of the hall she shouts ... I'm done ... you can all go home now ... show's over ...

Saturday, November 16, 2002

Weekly Update

Once again our "Good" King Rhuark has deemed that I read the latest returns of glorious battle and the dispatches from the front. (glancing at her notes quickly she reads ahead ... suddenly she scowls and looks up at her audience)

Well I am afraid that there is noting here worthy of reading ... just some unimportant drivel and various bits of whining from several under-privileged elves ... so I'm finished for the day ... (she turns and begins to walk away but is met by a warrior wearing gleaming silver chain and they have a bit of a pointed discussion) What ? NO !!! I told you ... it's useless, these people are just not worth ... (she listens to someone off stage and her defiant looks turns sour ... she walks back to the dais ... looking up she continues)

I have been informed that the loan on my newest piece of armor is being called by the financier ... and as I am slightly behind in my payments I am being required to read this trash to you ... Enjoy it ... I will not be back ...

Several of our members have recently attained new levels and they are supposed to be recognized for their achievement ... humph some achievement, ... Toradorm - 51 ... Daolas - 50 ... Karavek - 49 ... Senarya - 48 ... Cereion - 44 & 45 ... Grimmond - 43 & 44 ... Phyremoon - 36 ... Sedara - 28 ... and Tsung - 17 & 18 (she crumples the sheet and throws it over her shoulder) just like last week ... little more than a waste of spittle. Oh and Grimmond stopped by and left a menu ... he fancies himself a bit of a chef and is now grilling your custom meats to order ... says here Storm Giant Steaks have a strength bonus of 4 and a stamina bonus of 1 (chuckles to herself) Think I will drop off this menu in Kael Drakkel when I pass by ... I wonder if the giants will be making any custom orders ... I bet that there is a wimp bonus for High Elf Cleric pancakes. He also noted that he is still looking for eggs and if anyone knows what happened to his muffin tins ... (she scowls) Muffin tins ?!!! What kind of pansy is he turning into ?!!!

This report just handed to me from our roving reporter, Grimmond Stormhealer ... (she looks down at the parchment and reads ahead). Why does he continually give me such drivel... anyways ... ahhh right ... I see ... because it was him involved ... a little self promotion here. Anyways ... he and our "Good" King Rhuark and his lady Senarya along with Neistle and Phyremoon, accompanied him to the underwater cave in Lake Rathetur and wasted two hours slaughtering Aqua Goblins and never did find Lord Bubblehead ... or whatever his name is that they were waiting on. Hmm, he sent a couple pictures, how nice.

Looks like the Celestial Storm also attempted to raid Keal Drakkel as well. The slaughter was not complete ... but there were a few deaths ... how appropriate ... The raid was well attended I see ... Fredibebus, Ygrainne, Xomezz, Istivan (MA), Wulfied, Arvegil, Pavadar, Phyremoon, Grimsoulx, Grimmond, Tiluvan, Rhuark, Senarya, Aanadien, Sardara, Teamaas, Lkbong, Slybok, Cefu, Keyara, Jamenu , Daolas, and Xsar went along ... the names were read in no particular order by the way, though I do know that a certain cleric died twice. The raiders did bring back a rather shiny sword ... supposed to be some sort of haste item ... Saw them out back earlier trying to figure out how to make it work ... looked like it hacked them melons up pretty good though. The raiders also acquired some minor pieces of armor as well ... probably stole it off the cold dead bodies of those poor defenseless giants ... (snickers) ... heard there was a bit of a wipeout ... too bad they didn't get any pictures. Would have liked to see that.

Giants	Giants

	Group Shot

I am supposed to welcome lady Lyddia to the guild as well as note that Tiluvian whomped on some sort of big bear in the Warrens and he thinks that killing an over grown pollywog there as well is news worthy ... Sad ... really sad ...

Well, that's all the news I have so ... I'm out of here ... just sad ... nothing worthy of reading ... you guys need to pillage a city or do SOMETHING that would be news worthy !!

(Tossing the papers to the floor she walks away ... the top sheet lands in view and the headline reads ... New portal to the Plane Of Knowledge Opens ... Jamenu gets invited to and attends a Plane of Air Raid ... Shaman survives a fall of ten thousand feet ... Pavadar attends a Vox raid and receives the McVaxius' Horn of War for his outstanding work ...)

Tuesday, November 5, 2002

Weekly Update

[A beautiful dark elf, slender and imposing, one that you recognize, walks into the audience hall and approaches the podium. She seems timid for but a moment ... pauses and gathers her bearings... then steels herself to the duty that she has been asked to perform, and strides directly to the sturdy oak podium, taking the steps in pairs. Setting her notes down in front of her she begins ...]

King Rhuark has deemed that I read the guild news at regular intervals to the assembled masses. He thinks it will be good for me and my demeanor ... whatever that is supposed to mean. (glancing at her audience she scowls at the last bit ... looks at her notes again and continues).

Several of our members have recently attained new levels and they are supposed to be recognized ... humph, I don't recognize many of them myself, guess they don't get around to the popular spots much, but anyways ... Pavadar - 51 - again ... Sardara - 52 ... Grimmond - 42 ... Myroko - 41 ... Tiluvian - 48 ... Phyremoon - 34 ... Aaranen - 24 ... Kimono - 23 ... Xaphan - 21 ... Wulfvioletchant - 17 ... Koava - 14 & 15 ... (she crumples the sheet and throws it over her shoulder) mostly drivel anyways if you ask me. Oh and Grimmond came by and left meat pies on the banquet table so I believe that makes him a Master Baker (142) ... of course he is also now begging for any eggs you can find.

This report just handed to me from our roving reporter, Grimmond Stormhealer ... (she looks down at the parchment and reads ahead). Why does he send me this rubbish ... anyways ... It seems that last night a band of adventurers led by the Red Maces Bard; Belark, set out to attain a piece of Sardara's epic quest and to kill Lord Ghiosk; some pansy mob in the City of Mist I suppose. They were accompanied by ... hey, this list is huge !!! Did everyone but me attend the slaughter ? ... (talks to someone a short distance away) yeah alright, I'll read it, but it's huge ... Istivan, LK Bong, Aanieden, Tarylan, Jamenu, Crimsonfist, Janemba, Daolas, Rhuark, Senarya, Sletir, Cryithor, Arvegil, Neistle, Insman, Peaka, Noxveratu, Lothan, Tarl, Krysalys, Slytt, Worrf, Silenius, and Gandalin. Let's see, it says here that they got the piece with relative ease after slaughtering a couple Black Reavers ... yada yada yada ... The Celestial Storm congratulates Sardara for this achievement.

Jamenu's Epic Mob	Sardara's Epic Mob

Oh, here is something news worthy, some rogue in the raid, accidentally aggro'd Lord Rak' Ashiir and got the a large portion of the raid off'd ... hehe, would have liked to see that.

Lord Rak' Ashiir	Aftermath

Well, I don't have much else ... but over the weekend I happened to be in Paludal Caverns when a horde of young Celestial Stormites accompanied by some senior members of the guild descended upon the number two Bandit Camp. To call the mass carnage of helpless Recondite Bandits that ensued over the next hour or so a slaughter would be putting it mildly. The indiscriminate killing of would be highwayman and small time hoodlums would have been a tribute to a Dark Elf raid. Well done people.

Well, that's all the news I have so ... Huh ? What ? ... NO ! ... I am not saying it, I don't care about my contract, I refuse ... Well ... (looks around) ... because it's demeaning to Dark Elves and I have an image to uphold and a reputation to protect !!! ... OH all right, but I want to renegotiate our agreement, I don't think this is quite fair ...

Good night Stormites and have a PLEASANT day ...

YUK ... There, ya happy, I said it ... (spits on the stone floor) left an awful taste in my mouth. I'm out of here. (she walks briskly through the assembled members and leaves the hall without looking back).

-- Koava

Thursday October 17, 2002

Kael

A rough start led to a great end, with quite a few corroded plate drops. Thanks to Soldiers of Blood for joining us, and Fredi and Barshum for organizing it!

Hideout	Double Trouble	Dead Giants

Sunday September 22, 2002

Mules in Action!

Giludan sportin' his new ride with Zurastiny. Both horses need a "Honk if you quad" bumper sticker from the Red Maces. =)

Sunday September 1, 2002

Nagafen's Lair

Had a great raid in Sol B. Only one death which occured about one second after the guardian popped. (HT and da left our enchanter.... somewhat limp.) Thanks goes to Red Maces for joining us.

Look!! Rhu is practicing his new wall phasing ability!!

Below, a pic of the killing crew: (left to right: Arvegil, Aanieden, Xomezz, Pavadar, Sardara, Kovah, Ygrainne, Xsar, Rhuark)

Tuesday August 27, 2002

Griegs End

Sorry for the delay in posting this, when I think of a clever excuse, I'll post it :P

Thanks to Larilent for Organizing this raid and the folk from SoB for attending!

You can see the wonderfull transformations that occured in this thread.

Battle	Hall

Teatime	PST folks (a.k.a., the late attendees :))

Tuesday August 27, 2002

Ragefire the Dragon's reign comes to an end!

Hail, Brothers and Sisters of the Storm!! A great moment in time has occurred this fine day and the awesome destructive entity know as Ragefire the Dragon, has been vanquished from the lands of Norrath and this vile beast�s evil reign has come to an end!!!

Today was a major milestone for me. Not only was it my first dragon raid but my first Epic Dragon Raid. (It was my 4 year old son�s first epic raid too, hehe.. The little elf was flying copilot with Dad this morning. LOL� His eyes were as big a saucers because he has heard about dragons but never seen them and was saying, �Get him Daddy!! He is trying to eat that nice lady!!� I think he was pointing at Kassiopea, ROTFLOL.)

Ragefire, the final Cleric epic mob has been camped by the good lady Sraiye of Mystic Legacy and her brother Jakle for almost 6 days now. This mob has a 6 month waiting list!! Ack!! For some unknown reason I woke up at 5 am this morning and was wide awake. Teaamas, my fellow insomniac, was awake and I was chatting with him for a while when DA announced that Ragefire had popped!! So me, Teaamas, and Sulix (hehe.. another insomniac it would seem) gated to Skyfire to lend a hand. When DA announced that Rage popped there were only 13 people in the /dalliance channel. LOL� About 15 minutes later there were over 50 with a final arriving force of around 60 players!!! It was an absolutely amazing sight!!! (I think there were a lot of sleepy people that got wakened from their slumber for this one. Hmmm� I wonder how many dragon slayers were in their underwear and bathrobes this morning? LOL)

Jakle, a brilliant battlefield strategist, quickly organized all the groups (I�m still amazed) and we launched the attack. Jakle sounded the horn and his champion (forgot name sorry) led the charge!! The forces of light surrounded the human wizard who�s body was possessed by the evil power of Ragefire. We must have been doing thousands of points of damage and the mob�s health bar fell, but not as fast as I thought it would. Once the poor soul of the arch mage who�s body Ragefire had consumed was slain, his true form was released and a VERY BIG dragon, with gleaming metallic red scales materialized out of thin air knocking back our forces of light in every direction. Liquid fire dripped from this vile beast�s enormous jaw filled with jagged teeth as large as a man. It unleashed it firey wrath of liquid death but the holy magics of our priests held against the attack� mostly� The blessings of the gods of light were all that prevented many deaths as only a small few fell to the inferno. Teaamas, a true wolf child of Tunare, called upon the very forces of nature to enshroud us in a green living armor of regrowth that seemed to re-grow withered limbs charred by the beast�s flames. In short, he was a healing fool and our group only lost one, a valiant and brave halfling who�s presence was larger than us all. Sadly the wise valeman fell to one of Ragefire�s massive storms of flame as he took the brunt of it. Our dark brother, Sulix, unleashed dark magics that I still don�t understand but I could see their effectiveness as our foe began to flinch from their unrelenting blows. I was filled with hope as I saw our dark brother fighting side by side with the legendary Pathfinder known as Celephais Centauri and the great Hero Paladin Jonze. Celephais was a blur of steel as his glowing blades sliced deeply into the beast. The great Paladin Hero seemed to glow with heavenly light and appeared to wade through the chaos of battle as casually as he would through his family�s royal gardens. Time seemed to stretch on forever as the tiring guardians of light fought bravely waiting, hoping, they lived long enough to hear the sound that all who wield blades on the front lines pray they will hear, The Battle Lord Jakle cried out �Nukes!! Discs!! Hehe� I was amazed by the reply our valiant forces unleashed in response to Ragefire�s fury!! It seemed that the very heavens themselves opened up to unleash the infinite glory of The Light!! Ragefire screamed in pain as massive heavenly explosions tore through his flesh in brilliant cascades of light. And in the blink of an eye, Ragefire was no more. As the rumble of explosions faded and the dust settled a moment of silence stretched on as the battle fury that consumes so completely faded and we all began to realize they were still alive! A great cheer rose up to the heavens in a chorus as great as had ever been heard before!!! And a beautiful young maiden, knelt weeping by the side of the fallen leviathan for her quest was now over. Her brother, Battle Lord Jakle handed to her the prize so many had only ever dreamt of�

Well done to valiant forces of DA!! Well done to Jakle and many of the ML folks that stayed logged on and afk in SF for many days!!

Some day guys, CS will know the pain of this long and horrid camp but after what I saw today, with the aid of our allies, we too shall know victory�

Grats again to the Epic Priestess of Mystic Legacy, Sraiye!!

Be sure to join the /dalliance chat channel while you play my friends. You just never know when the call to arms will sound, perhaps you will be as lucky as I was this day to experience a truly amazing event�

Rhuark Litebringer

Friday August 16, 2002

JaggedPine Forest

What a blast! From cave hunting to town war, no gnoll was left alive!

Cave Entrance	Barducks	Barducks Dead!

Town War

Saturday July 27, 2002

Marriage of Tarylan and Zhedar

Click on those images to get the full high quality pics.

The Attendees	Vows	Kiss

The Married Couple	Married Couple with the Best Man/Woman

Friday July 26, 2002

Dire Wolf and Mistmoore

We had a huge turnout with brothers and sisters hailing from Soldiers of Blood, White Wind, and Red Maces to help kill the dire wolf. With more than 5 full groups of 40+ adventurers, nothing stood in our way and Jamenu now has a new set of boots :D

However, a Kedge raid gone awry, caused us to stop our raid short and help our friends on CR's. Afterwards, some of us `Uber` folk figured we'd show how elite we are by taking over unrest. We scoured every part of unrest, and left no undead standing!

The Undead ... Dead!	Sardara Lava swimming	The Uber folk

Monday July 22, 2002

LGuk Assasin

Late night adventures in lower guk with the help of Giludan and Wulfied yielded Larilent a new mask of deception.

Before	After

Friday July 19, 2002

Karnar's Castle

well, we got RCY.

Istivan and I were lucky enough to have Jarsath helms drop, we each got one.

At some point, a howling harpoon dropped.

It wasnt a disaster, we didnt train everyone else out of zone, we didnt die multiple deaths nor lose our corpses to unspeakable beasts in unreachable areas.

I'm proud of us, we handled it, and even tho we got TOASTED by a massive, awesome, train at the very end, take comfort in the fact it wasnt ours, it was "bestowed" upon us but hell, even THAT was kinda fun, i never seen that much stuff hitting that hard before and hell, i lasted longer in it than i thought i ever would.p

So, thanks all for going and sorry we got owned at the very end, but it wasnt our fault and, thats life (errr, death) in KC.

Crypticon

Click on the images to see the full screenshot.

Group 1	Group 2	Hand

Saturday July 13, 2002

Istys call for aid in Paw

The Ishva and his ph proved to be no challenge for this group as we downed the Ishva 3 times in 5 or 6 spawns,netting Isty,Lk and Crypt there summon corpse spell. I couldnt pull enough mobs to feed this hungry group of heros.Id bring 2 or 3 mobs each pull but when they were faced against 3 SKs and 2 monks along with Wulfy dropin bombs on there heads from time to time they barely lasted a few short seconds before being turned into piles of Goo and hair. Everything close by would be dead in about 3 min so I would wander far out from the pull area randomly killin anything i could find while waiting on respawn. After all every gnoll deserves the right to die =)

Had a blast and we accomplished the goal before us! *cheers* to the terminators of paw. Call on me anytime Isty and I will come! You tend to not ask fer help (much like me) but you can always count on flesh and blood p, so dont hesitate if ya need me for sumthin cuz you wont be botherin me if ya ask, In fact you'll make my day cuz=)

Da Bebus

Friday July 12, 2002

Trakanon Idols

Yet another great night of froggie bashing. No forager or hunter proved too tough, though the hunters hid from the bard trackers and eventually the rangers had to be called in to help out. In the end, everyone who attended recieved a trakanon idol. And as a bonus, we also were able to take a nice group pic with Emperor Ganak.

... and in our spare time we took down Champion Thenrin who dropped some Ghostly Robes

Tuesday July 9, 2002

Tuesday Night Epic Fun

A call to arms went out on Tuesday night to assist Karn, our newest member of CS. One of his epic mobs just happened to spawn in the Field of Bone as he was passing through. As it was late not many CS ers were online but a quick call to the Drinal Alliance brought 5 members of White Wind in a hurry. A big CS thanks to Tingteng 52 Monk of WW, Invane 50 Shadow Knight of WW, Teaamas 53 Druid of CS, Drentok 57 Warrior, Khirsanth 51 Druid of Hour of the Wolf, Kilanle 57 Necro of Evil Legions, Karn 57 Enchanter of CS, Senarya 44 Cleric of CS, Rhuark 44 Ranger of CS, Dazax 52 Mystic of WW, Thorodel 54 Wizard of WW, Fabizon 51 Wizard of WW, and Tiluvian 30 Rogue/Main Corpse Retriever.

Our first attempt we got wiped out but on the second we didn't loose a sigle player. Here is a pic of the big nasty. Don't let his cute furry face fool you. His head alone was as big as a Barbarian is tall and he swated for 187 a pop with a stun effect that lasted longer then any other mob that has ever stunned me before. It was at least 15 seconds, a very long time in a fight of this scale. Every tank in the party was spinning slowly with little X's on their eyes and birdies floating around their heads for pretty much the entire fight the first go around. Once all of us were toast this big brute proceeded to eat all our casters for desert. The second time however we waited for the main tank's call to assist and he never lost agro. Worked much better. It is an honor to call CS my family and DA our friends.

~Rhu

Friday July 5, 2002

Congrats Janemba!

Badge of the Hunter

The Badge of the Hunter is granted to those heroes that show themselves to be true leaders of the Storm. Those that undertake the task of planning and leading a raid in the name of the Celestial Storm shall be rewarded with this honor. May your sword be swift, your mind clear, and your heart pure.

For his efforts in City of Mist on 5 Jul 2002 Janemba is awarded the Badge of the Hunter on 8 July 2002.

Strength and Honor, Janemba!!!

Rhuark

Friday June 28, 2002

Giant Patriarch Bonking

A round of a applause and an award go to Sulix Bloodclaw!

Badge of the Hunter

The Badge of the Hunter is granted to those heroes that show themselves to be true leaders of the Storm. Those that undertake the task of planning and leading a raid in the name of the Celestial Storm shall be rewarded with this honor. May your sword be swift, your mind clear, and your heart pure. Let it be known by all who call the Storm their home, that on 29 Jun 2002 Sulix Bloodclaw has been officially decorated with the Badge of the Hunter.

Strength and Honor!!!

And after a great night of Patriarch bonking:

We made off with 4 tree weaves and 3 Giant Monocles. Just look at Wulfied showing off her new chest armor to our tanks!

Friday June 28, 2002

Taming the Dragon

Some tame horses... others tame dragons! Down Gore! Down Boy!

Wednesday June 26, 2002

Epic Action in Lake Rathe

After putting the smackdown on Lord Bergurgle for his crown, we laid waste to the spirit of flame for a part of Senarya's epic!

Thanks to Aanieden, Giluden, Pavadar, Rhuark, Senarya, and Wulfied!

Here's a pic of Natasha trying to KS our Shmendrik!

Saturday June 22, 2002

Congratulations Fredibebus!

Badge of the Hunter

Awarded on 22 Jun 2002 to Baron Fredibebus

The Badge of the Hunter is granted to those heroes that show themselves to be true leaders of the Storm. Those that undertake the task of planning and leading a raid in the name of the Celestial Storm shall be rewarded with this honor. May your sword be swift, your mind clear, and your heart pure. Strength and Honor!

Rhuark

Friday June 21, 2002

Grimling Forest (Take 2)

The grimling breeding season wasn't over just yet! Great pulling by Istivan!

Friday June 15, 2002

Grimling Forest

We must have killed a thousand of these critters but they kept coming back for more! Great pulling by Fredibebus!

Friday June 7, 2002

Tenebrous Mountain Action!

A good group of CS folks were hittin' it up in the tenebrous mountains on Friday...

Friday June 7, 2002

New Magic Focus Items For All Classes!

The last patch left us with a bunch of new toys. Some are even toys you may already have that they added new effects too. Focus items that extend the length of spells, reduce casting time, and reduce mana cost by 25 percent is a welcome addtion in my book.

Keep your cougar claw earrings. They may be more valueable then you think. Clerics and Druids are going to be real happy about their Medicine Totems.

Click here to see a list of the new focus effects and what items in game have those effects.

Enjoy,

Rhuark

Thursday May 30, 2002

Congratulations Aanieden and Wulfied!

For their efforts in the Great Divide the Celestial Storm here by awards the two of you:

BADGE OF THE HUNTER

The Badge of the Hunter is granted to those heroes that show themselves to be true leaders of the Storm. Those that undertake the task of planning and leading a raid in the name of the Celestial Storm shall be rewarded with this honor. May your sword be swift, your mind clear, and your heart pure. Strength and Honor!

Rhuark