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Wed, Sept 21, 2011
Posted by Ninibi

Foundations and Hall of Legends cleared, Easy Mode stuff on Farm Status now, Hard Mode progression finally with 2 namers down last night to 3 groups. Yahoo!

Raid Recruiting (Casual is open to any class):
Fighters - closed
Scouts - Bards
Mages - Chanter
Priests - closed

Events:
Due to the Housing Leaderboards addition to the game, we have no Homeshow Events scheduled for the moment, but you can check out Guild Member's houses through the Leaderboards. This thread should be updated periodically & you can discuss the houses there if you would like to leave comments.

Val's Gladiator Trials - Val won....against himself, because we're all ADHD Noobs and failed to show up on the weekend! ACK! We're hoping for a rematch...or two or three.

The Holy Might Costume Ball will be held in the Guild Hall Saturday October 22nd, at 5pst. Feel free to join! You may either roll a character and come "in character" or come as "yourself" in a costume. Enjoy!

See you in Norrath!

Friday, July 20, 2011
Posted by Ninibi

Kraytocs Clear! 4/5 Foundations of Stone and 4/5 Hall of Legends. Go go go!

Recruiting:
Fighters - closed
Scouts - closed with exception to bard
Mages - Chanter & Necro
Priests - possibly Shaman

Folks are always welcome to apply on casual side. If we do not have a spot for you in the raid force, you're welcome to app casual, get to know us & attend raids if needed when we're short, then wait for a spot to open up in the raid force. Real life circulates raiders in and out fairly frequently, as we all know!

You can register here and put in an application.

Events:
We're overdue a Holy Might Homeshow Tour, which we'll hopefully get to in August or September for those who are interested. Valltor will be hosting Gladiator trials in the guild hall in August! Gnomes, this is a great time to get revenge on your tormenters...Come punch someone's lights...ankles... out!

Friday, June 24, 2011
Posted by Doomey

Updates! Pretty much the usual! Gunthore is still AFK, I'm randomly dying for absolutely no reason on every character I play, and its still Faelen's fault even though he hasn't been on.

We are back up to 3 or 4 groups and have made some solid progression lately. We have a couple mobs left in Kraytocs Normal Mode, and have downed 2 bosses in Halls of Legends with only a few attempts. We also only have 1 boss left to clear TOFS x2.

As far as recruiting goes, we could use : Bards (Dirge pref), Chanters, Necro/Conj, and an Irishman... or an Irish chick! Pretty much all set on tanks and healers at the moment but applications are always open.

Tuesday, Jan 4h, 2011
Posted by Ninibi

Super speedy Post New Years update!

Wyce is leading raids!

We have a few new members with the holidays that we're happy to welcome to Holy Might! Hope you come to love it as much as we do!

The Holiday Party was lots of fun this year as we toured the countryside doing a Santa Parade and a Toys for Toons giveaway. You wouldn't believe how many people will thank you for giving them a sack of coal...

Some of us are exploring the possibilities of the "break out" concept of our housing. Stay tuned for some wild home designs for the Homeshow Tour Spring 2011! The April Homeshow Tour will feature QEYNOS houses. We will be rotating cities as we're accumulating too many houses to cover in one event!

There's a Holy Might RIFT guild, look for them during beta events!

Folks are also playing Call of Duty: Black Ops. Join the forums and chat with the guild to see who is playing, when and where... if you're just dying to be blown up by RC cars...!

In Norrath:

Vampires are over-turning the guild hall, running amok, and shredding the bath towels (I want new bath towels, people!).

Nin is still drinking gallons of tea. And still dying like a fainting goat in a thunderstorm.

Others are drinking gallons of booze to put up with Nin after she's drank gallons of tea.

Oli has returned, but we keep finding her trapped in stasis in various areas of the guild hall. Must be British winters.

Faelen is expanding his pink bunny motif and has decided he's the bunny overlord. Beware.

Wispa & Kills have returned to the game, and Wispa is a full grown ... short...vampire...toon again!

We had a server merge with Kithicor, who I already adored! Woot!

Channel chat still sucks.

Vineblade & Nin are competing for the guild Croc Hunter spot. Vine was last spotted chasing a moose in his bare feet (seriously). Nin is tracking mountain lions and chasing coyotes.

Some "old timers" have returned to the game to rejoin us and we're happy to see their faces again. Some have turned up on Facebook. Yay! You were missed! :D

Hope everyone had a safe and happy New Years! Bring on 2011!

Tuesday, Oct 19th, 2010
Posted by Ninibi

Time for another long overdue front page update!

We're progressing through the tier's raid content in a laid back sort of manner. That can be found here for the most part...just in case I don't update for another 6-12 months. ha!

We can now be found on Facebook, for those who enjoy HM and want to keep up with old friends.

We had a wedding. We had an Easter Egg hunt. We had a Home & Garden Tour, or two! We've been leveling, crafting, exploring, dying: the usual stuff. I come "home" to the guild hall regularly to find dead people stuffed into planters and squirreled away under rugs. One night, I returned back to the guild hall to find the dining room chairs missing and a time share seminar installed upstairs. You just never know...

What has changed? A lot. Not much. Some faces. :) As far as guild atmosphere, the game has changed more than we have. We've settled into a comfortable place. I'm happy to see that, and happy to have it stay that way. As our recruiting thread mentions, we've been through all the drama already, and it's nice to have come to a point where we're hanging out with our feet in the water, just enjoying the day and each others company.

What we're looking for:
At this point in the game, any guild who raids needs raiders. So we're always looking for raiders, and our casual side is always open.

What is most important to us is that you are a fit with the overall guild culture. We want people to join and find that this is the guild they've been looking for and can call home. I think most of us feel that there's a lot to be said for a familiar group of friends to come back to over the years as the game goes through it's various & predictable highs and lows.

So, please, to ensure it's a good match for you and us, both, be sure to read the charter (forgive anything that is out of date), visit the guild hall, chat with Holy Might players, ask our officers and members as many questions as you like, register on our forums and visit with us there...and, if you feel the guild is a good fit for you, toss in an app!

Saturday, Feb 13th, 2010
Posted by Ninibi

Quick recap... Day has stepped down from Raid Leader. Thank you for leading us & congrats on your new baby Brigand (/nod)! Pup has graciously stepped back into the Raid Leader role. Woot!

Raid force is still looking for a few more. We could use some full time buffers to fill things out a bit.

Apparently we whacked Kultak recently... I'd totally forgotten about it till today. lol

Switchmaster and the next guy were also killed for Day, as well as the first few names in Miragul. We'll be back to tackle the rest of that stuff at some point after the expansion.

OK, so what was this fuss about a wedding??

Well, Tetrodotoxin and Delaina agreed to get married in the guild hall as our Erollisi Day event. And somehow, throughout the entire event, we never got around to mentioning the Goddess of Love at all! Ooops!

First, there was decorating. Doomey found our secret wedding pavilion and supervised construction.

I forgot to mention when I wrote the recap yesterday... I realized some folks might wonder why on earth we added trolls to the lovely decor. They're a bit of a running joke with us. When the plundered furniture and items were added, someone plunked a troll in the guild hall. I was mid-decorating frenzy and soliciting some of the plundered furniture, but the trolls... such ugly statues! They'd be so pretty, but they're TROLLS!

My fellow leaders and offcers were delighted with this reaction, and so trolls kept appearing...trolls on the ramparts, by the broker, at the front door, in the dining room...on the beach! Eventually I gave in. I decorated over the one I had to see every day, covering his head with a bucket...and flowers... Officers and leaders went along with it and soon, the statue "grew." You will have to visit our guild hall to see it. However, we decided it couldn't be a true HM wedding without a few of our trolls in place.

Back to the wedding.... Del picked some bridesmaids, Tetro picked groomsmen, we decided on officients and picked out music... The song was Bear McCreary's "Admiral and Commander." Beautiful song and available from iTunes (it is also posted on projectplaylist.com). Some of you might recognize it from the BSG score. We're pretty sure Admiral Adama would have approved. /nod

After sending out the invites, I had a few unexpected responses from dragonkind.

Zarrakon was intrigued. Then got lost in thought...and stayed that way.

Xygoz wanted to go, but ended up sleeping through it. What is WITH that dragon and his sleep??

Trak really wanted to go, but found himself stuck in his lair.

There was a brief tantrum.

After which he was told to stay in his lair and not come out till after Erollisi Day.

Nagafen declined on account of being shrunk (!!) AND locked in a lair under Sol Eye. Darathar said something about getting his eggs in a basket, and Tarinax made a few off color comments about bones, so we decided to leave him in Deathtoll after all.

In the end, no dragons were in appearance, though we did have a visit from an Iksar Game Guide, Zathia. She, thankfully, was gracious and well behaved, unlike her possibly very (very) distant reptilian relatives.

We finished up our plans, which were trying to unravel at the seams as fast as we could put them together. Finally we gave up trying to line up our own eggs and just forged ahead. Saturday at 11pst, the bride tucked away in the Girl's Lounge, the men in place, guests seated (we found the benches got in the WAY of the seated guests... live and learn!)... we started the event!

Tactic walked the bride down the aisle and gave her away. Unfortunately, due to raids the night before, and our neglect to have a rehersal, we weren't quite sure whether or not he should just drop her off, or if Tetro should dual him, or if someone should just ask him nicely to hand the bride over. He improvised and politely ducked away.

With representatives from each belief system, Shuu (cleric), Myself (druid), Soul (shaman) and Pup (pirate!) conducted the ceremony.

 

The deed done, we headed back to the guild hall for the reception.

 

Darkharte started out with a toast, but didn't make it far before the booze won the duel.

And, over the collapsed Darkharte, the party got underway!


There were gifts of all kinds, including a "screaming noise box" which someone predicted would follow the wedding.

We drank enough that Rig's Dirge's COB macro finally made sense:

Eventually the party dispersed... some guests fell from a portal in the sky thinking it would sober them up (it sure did! it sobered 'em DEAD). Some staggered into the Holy Grounds Cafe for coffee... some went straight to the broker hoping for a quick fix. I walked my booze off with Zathia, giving her a tour of the guild hall. Del and Tetro embarked on happily married bliss by clobbering each other outside the broker.

First thing in the morning (Norrath time), I returned to the reception area. The clean up crew had tidied up around our inhebriated friends. Wispa, Killstof and Soul were passed out on their feet in a corner, Darkharte was snoring away peacefully by the cake.

Elvis ended up the last (hu)man standing, after all. ;)

We had a great time and a lot of fun planning this, guys. Thank you to all who came out and had fun with us! :)

P.S. Nin can't spell in English OR French.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Posted by Ninibi

SO much to catch up on here! Pup changed jobs mid-summer and stepped down as raid leader, Dayshara stepped up. Day is about to be stepping back down again near the end of January, so we'll be going through another raid leader transition at that time. We just finished another mass alt mythical update run all over Norrath, and are working on mobs still in T8 zones. Attendance is often wacky, and it makes it a bit of a guessing game. I do suggest that if you plan to app to raid, please make sure you're very clear in communicating to us when you can and can't be available, and do your best to keep consistent attendance. Even if you're raiding only 1 day a week, if you are always there and dependable, it makes a tremendous difference in how we can plan and execute raids.

I totally understand that after years of playing EQII, sometimes things aren't all that exciting, or when you're working on a mob that seems to confound you, you'd rather go read a book, play another game...anything but a night of dying and repairing... I totally understand and sympathize... I have moments where I think a soap coated fork to the eyeball might be more enjoyable than trying one more time...especially the really long fights where, after 10 minutes of fighting, something goes wrong and kerplooey! Guts and goo scattered all over the place!

But, I have to say, it is still worth it when everything clicks... and it is SO worth it, down the road, to come back and say: "Remember how danged hard this was? This is a cakewalk now!" I remember vividly (and painfully) agonizing over whether we'd be able to get a mob dead, and now it's cake to two group.

I think that's the essence of EQII and raiding, sometimes... that "remember how bad things were back then?" nostalgia. It is equally gratifying, too, to see the development of friendships and bonds with the people around you.

It's important to remember that with consistant attention, everything difficult will eventually be a cakewalk. When you're dying over and over and learning how to work together and bring a mob down, you are practicing with a team, and it will get easier tomorrow even if it seems impossible today. Heck, everything in real life is a process, too...sometimes we're unaware of it, sometimes it seems to drag out for eons.

Holy Might has not progressed in leaps and bounds with our raiding. It's maybe a bit painfully honest, but the flip side is that the guild as a whole has changed and progressed in spirit. Over the years we've mellowed and settled into our roles and friendships. Sure we've got some drama now and again, and some of it is wacky "only on the internet" style stuff that pops up... but the guild atmosphere is comfortable. I like that. I'd take "HM now" over "HM of Yore" in a NY minute. All the BS we put ourselves through "way back when" was only worth it in that we are here where we are now, with our current perspective, because of it.

So, this month we celebrate the anniversary of HM's 5th year of "hangin in there" and the friendships and progress we've made along the way. We're still kickin. :)

Guild Events!

HGHM
This fall, around Halloween, we did another Norrathian Parade of Homes. There was a last minute decor frenzy as everyone scrambled to finish up. We visited a nice variety of places and had fun exploring, checking out each other's unique takes on what makes a "Home" in Norrath. Because of this, a Spring Homeshow tour is in the works for March or April. You don't have to be a guild member to come along and participate...the more the merrier, so come along with us. Heck, you can offer your home for viewing as well!

With the new house items coming, layouts and ability to tweak particular objects, it promises to become even more creative...and consuming!

Damned dogs!
Around the same time, Shuu wrote a quest in which her toon, Fyrespring, was accosted by a mutt on her way to the crafting stations and her recipe books were scattered all over the guild hall. The clues were cleverly hidden (it was one ENERGETIC mutt!) and the quest to find them was a heckuva lot of fun. I love that as players, we have the power to create entertainment within the entertainment!

Not quite an event, but still fun..
We also snuck out of the guild hall with the rest of the decor-fiendish rabble... I hope this is something that is never "fixed" as it provides a great deal of enjoyment and a huge canvas on which to play and plot and plan...as you shall see!

Our Beach...just don't swim out too far or you'll also learn how to fly...

Our oceanside crafter's retreat... no more staring at walls, here...we can listen to the waves, enjoy a nice sunset, and level in peace and quiet.

Frostfell!

The night before the annual Frostfell party, some evil no good naughty character snuck into the guild hall and stole our frostfell decor! We were left with lumps of coal, and a... card?

We called an emergancy meeting in the main hall, and revealed a clue we had found on a scrap of paper:

That seemed to indicate a trip to the bathroom to touch up the makeup. By the tub, there was an item there we hadn't seen before... (ok, it turns out half the guild had not even seen the bathroom before, which really makes a girl wonder where folks are ... well, let's just not think about that...)

We headed upstairs to the Guild Hall Office:

On the desk inside, we found another clue:

At this point, my nose started to tickle and I had to excuse myself to go visit the powder room. Audra, Shuu and the others went on ahead without me. I was distressed from afar. The group went ahead to the coffee shop.

There, they found a suspicious tea cup on the bar and a tea stained journal page.

Of course, given that I am a great fan of tea, I looked like a suspect here, but thankfully someone pointed out that more than one person in this guild enjoys tea, and it wouldn't be good to overreact. The clue seemed to indicate our villian would be visiting a crafting station, so the group headed forth to the crafter's retreat.

Under the table, another page...

On to the beach...

...Claymore? Some folks headed back to the hall to visit a claymore statue there, only to find it a dead end. Someone else posed the question: what if the clue refers to the claymore monument in antonica? Sundyne pointed out that it couldn't be me, as brigands aren't smart enough for poetry...(wait, what??)
They headed up the hill...

At the bottom, another clue!

Hmm, seems like a visit to the woods might be in order... as adventurers drew near, they found carved in the bark of the greatest tree...

At this point, the trail went a bit cold. haha... ok, someone spotted a glint of white off to the southwest, and the group headed for the hills...

What they discovered there wasn't very pretty... No singing Julie Andrews came twirling forth to meet our adventurers.

These goblins look strangely familiar...

Oh... this could be why...

It was not a pleasant sight that met the adventurers.

And to the right... a cave stashed full of goodies.

Ok ok, you might be wondering "is it daylight in that picture?" Well yes, yes it is.

You see, as it turns out, I had to take a few pictures for memories sake. I do feel a bit let down that I missed a few pictures of my guildmates' faces... I would have carried them in my pocket as cherished momentos. Alas, I was too caught up...

Yes friends, the villian was none other than me, Reimani. Oh, and a little pet mage... I let him run my army of creatures that defend my cave.

You shout, "So you found me.."
Audra shouts, "OMG it was YOU??!!???
You shout, "You think it will be that easy to get your gifts back?"
Doomfive shouts, "Yes"
You shout, "hahahaha RIGHT"

You shout, "A YEAR of being PELTED with snowballs"

Audra shouts, "How could you ??!!??
You shout, "Oh, ever so easily."

They began to fight my minions, working together to try to clear their way through.

You shout, "Keep it up... I have more surprises for you..."

Wyce shouts, "HAHAHA

You say, "Do you think this is all there is?

You shout, "Bad news!!"
You shout, "IT ALL GOES!!"

With a wave of my hand, the entire guild hall... all the furnishings, all the portals, the decor...the gifts... vanished.

Shaylie shouts, "Merry Christmas! What?!"
Wyce shouts, "Noooo"
Decan shouts, "ack!"

You shout, "Your entire guild hall... everything in it... GONE!"
Audra shakes her fist menacingly at Reimani!
Reimani laughs.

You say, "So..." You say, "How do you propose you'll get your things back?"
Audra threatens Reimani with a horrible death!
You say, "This...is not helping"
Reimani smiles.

Decan says, "lotsa snowballs?"
Shuu shakes her fist menacingly at Reimani!

Grymmstonesays out of character, "ummmm... Kill reimani"
You say, "Oh I don't think that'll do it..."

Wyce says, "burn the witch!"
Shuu challenges you to a duel to the death!

You accept the invitation to duel with Shuu!

(Elsewhere in the guild hall: Valltor says to the guild, "who nicked the forge ..")

Garathor says, "Moar witches!
Wyce says, "build a bridge out of her"

The duel has commenced!

Puppydog says, "I bet she weighs the same as a duck!"

Reimani defeated Shuu in a duel to the death!

You shout, "well..."
You shout, "that felt a bit better"
Audra says, "I'll get her! don't worry guildmates!"

But Doomfive had jumped ahead to defend his friends.

You accept the invitation to duel with Doomfive!

Doomfive defeated Reimani in a duel to the death!

Sundyne gestures rudely at Reimani!
Wyce cheers at Doomfive!

Audra says, "hah! now - give us our presents back!"

You say, "I will concede you have beat me fairly"
You say, "alright"

You say, "hmm"
You say, "oops! just a dragon! that's no good!

Luckily more appeared in time and things were back to "good as new"...

Shuu cheers at Reimani!
Puppydog shouts, "Woo Hoo!"
Garathor says, "Do we get more loot if you kill her again?"

I can see how the next year is going to go...

As per the usual, ADHD set in, and folks appealed to my mage friend to summon more creatures for their entertainment. They got to work slaying crowds of ice magis, snakes, ravasects and golems (and dying, a lot! I should have just summoned more...)

The rest of the evening, truces established and grudges reconciled, and freshly pelted in NEW snowballs, we headed off to the caves for a round of hide & seek, then back to the guild hall for more. It was a great party! Sundyne, Grymmstone and Doomfive were awarded 40 slot boxes for their roleplaying skills, clue deciphering and of course, Doomfive kicking my butt later on. The rest of the parties involved received holiday ambrosia and poppers!

We look forward to doing a more involved quests like this in the future, as the game tools progress in complexity, we can get away with lots of fun with a little imagination and a taste for some fun.

Happy Frostfell, Norrath! :)

Monday, June 1, 2009
Posted by Ninibi

Long time no update!! How embarassing! So here's the scoop - we've cleared VP and earned many folks (and extras) their mythicals. We're wanting to get Trakanon dealt with, but we're also working at Palace and Tomb in TSO. We're looking for a Troub and second Brig, a Fury and a couple other classes, so drop by the forums and apply if it looks like we're a fit for you!

Sunday, Feb 23, 2009
Posted by Ninibi

Grats guys on your first TSO kill... the Greater Sentries in Palace of the Ancient One went down in pretty short order the other night. We got our first pattern and TSO kill and a few fabled goodies from trash drops. Yay for trash drops, how I missed them!

As predicted in the last update, Leviathan went down on the next raid night. Since timers were up the next day, I got to head right on back in there the night after that and kill him again. Absolute cake compared to Venril.

We're now past the Wyvern and Wurm in VP and working on Druushk. Woohoo!

Dead creepy guys in Palace of the Ancient One

Dead Leviathan...again. And ew. Just...ew.

Sunday, January 26, 2009
Posted by Ninibi

I pointed someone to our site today and took a look and realized in horror that I haven't updated in over 6 months. I am SO fired!!

Grats HM on Overking, the Sisters and Venril Sathir!! Pregrats on Leviathan, as I know you'll get him in the next raid or two (I won't be there tomorrow and I'm all in a lather over it, but I'll get the next one! Knock him dead!). It was awesome to go into Chamber of Destiny Thursday and take our first look around, wonder what the heck SOE was smoking when they designed that mob's appearance (seriously...did no one look at that and say "hm..."?), and take a couple tries on it before calling it a night. It'll be easy to kill this one after the fear/stunfest of Venril Sathir!

I cannot wait to get into Veeshan's Peak and finally see it! Absolutely worth the wait!

The raid force has been gradually rebuilding over time - new players trickle in, some leave, some stay, and we're gradually getting stronger. The last year has been very hard for all of us, and it has been something of a tempering process for both the guild and the raid force. It was a rough and frustrating break-in for a new raid leader, but Pup has come through with flying colors. He is by far one of the best we've ever had - you just cannot rattle him.

I'm very proud of the work we've all done, the great attitudes and willingness to stick it through and how far we've come with the limitations that have been put before us. GREAT job, HM!!

Some screenshots to share!

Overking down!

Sisters dead! Here's Malevolence dying, with a cameo from Billy on the left.

Venril DEAD!

Prior to Halloween, Shuu hosted a Hide and Seek style Scavenger Hunt in Klak'Anon - unfortunately only one screenie seemed to survive (submit more to me if you've got 'em!). Some of the hiding spots were a little TOO good and took some serious efforts to get to - it took me 10-15 minutes alone to get up to one of Wyce's perches. For any of you that have experienced Hide & Seek with HM, you know that some people here are ridiculously good at finding hiding spots. Shuu disguised herself as some underwater life that people went past several times before finding her ... and I think Wyce (as usual ><) managed to walk away with the best disguise again, using his arasai Bruiser's rust coating and hiding in a rusty bucket. He blended so well that even standing in the bucket he was hard to see.

We were excited to be able to buy the guild a t3 guild hall in Antonica thanks to the scrimping and saving and hard work of the guild. Many thanks to those who donated coin, status and furniture! Guests are always welcome to visit and check it out!

A glimpse of the garden
Another glimpse
A fire in the library with a Craftsman inspired fireplace(in-progress)


The holiday Halloween party was a bit of a bust - people forgot about it entirely, so just a couple of us showed up in costume. All dressed up, with no where to go:

As the holidays rolled around, we planned a Homeshow Tour along with our usual Holiday Party. We hosted a drunken paratrooping contest from the Parachute Portal in the guild hall and made a challenge to land in certain spots. It got interesting when there were 4 spots to choose from on the way down.

Aurora hosted a Scavenger hunt and we discovered that the guild hall is really...really ...large...and easy to hide in. It took players a heckuva long time to find some of the people, even with clues. Lesson learned!

Last but not least was the HM Home and Garden Tour. A group of us set out to visit different decorated homes and check out other player's creativity. All of the houses were beautiful and some of them had some really creative touches (feel free to mail or post any more screenshots to the forums!)

My two favorites were Celle's Wall Art and Shuu's dead bard:

Another corner of Shuu's home

Celle's wall art:

My favorite corner of all my toon's houses:
Reimani's garden
More of the garden
More!

Paratroopers...having made it to the statue in the center of the guild hall:

Here's to looking forward to a GREAT 2009 year and lots more wins and fun memories!!

Saturday, Aug 09, 2008
Posted by Ninibi

The (new!) Annual Timorous Deep Monkey Run

First things first - the rebuild is going great & PD seems to be adjusting well to his new role as raid leader! We're pleased to welcome many new members and we're still actively recruiting, so please check the forums and toss in an application if you're interested!

Recently, summer doldrums took hold and I found myself in the library. I'm a great fan of nature and a book on monkeys caught my eye. I'm a great fan of monkeys, so I picked it up and started flipping through, looking for something interesting.

Near the end of the book, I came across pictures of a lush tropical paradise, docks sitting above the sea with colorful parrots perched along the huts. It looked relaxing... it sounded like a great place to vacation!

The author wrote that every year, the monkeys migrate from all over the world to this tropical beach paradise...some even making themselves floatation devices out of sticks and leaves, and paddling across great bodies of water.

Why such dedication? Norrathian Primatologists theorized that the migration had nothing to do with mating, but rather, a hunt. They were not quite sure what was being hunted, however.

The writer went on for some time about the mystery of the Timorous Deep migration, but his research was inconclusive. He'd evidently been enjoying the local pirated rum instead of sticking to his research. Indeed, the book ended rather ungracefully after that point, as though he'd given up getting out of the hammock all together.

Disappointed, but my curiosity piqued, I left the library and headed down to Sinking Sands, determined to ask around and get to the bottom of the story. I attempted to interview a monkey, but he declined comment and tried to pull my cloak over my head. I then headed for the source.

The locals in Timorous Deep weren't talking. The best I could glean was that yes, "monkeys come here." Everytime I asked a question, they offered me a drink of their famous Pirate Rum. I managed to finagle free refills at a bar one night until I could barely sit upright, just asking monkey questions.

I really enjoyed my vacation, but I could see why the monkey book crashed and burned.

A month later, I received a note from my friend, Sault, begging for a "care package from civilization." She loved her new tropical home, but they were lacking in a few things she missed. As I was packing up the box, an idea struck - back to Timorous, again, and this time I was loaded down with fresh roasted coffee, a couple cows, some cheese and a large bag of fresh baked buns.

I headed for the pirate caves, the booty in tow, and braced myself for hard bargaining. It turned out to be easier than I expected - they saw the cows and the buns and fell at my feet. If you've been living on raptor and chokidai jerky for months, the idea of a good fresh hamburger is pretty compelling. Out came the rum! This time, I turned it down, and gathered all the information I could. They weren't terribly helpful, but they did tell me when and where I could expect the monkeys. The chap in the back knew a fellow who'd taught his pet monkey to sign - the monkey kept pointing at the bananas and signing "catch banana." Of course, the guy assumed it meant the monkey wanted to play catch with the banana, so he'd just throw a banana at him. Eventually the monkey just disappeared all together.

I gathered my information and went home to plan. It sounded like the hunt was for a banana... perhaps one of unusually large size.

I chatted with a few friends - we decided we would disguise ourselves and run WITH the monkeys and find out first hand. It'd be fun, if maybe exhausting, and who knows what we might see!

The day arrived and we met in the caves off the docks at timorous deep. We encountered no hostile natives, but the word had got out and the press had arrived, along with a couple representatives from the Guides of the Shattered Lands! Curious bystanders stopped to chat, and wish us luck. We went over a few ground rules while I chatted with Leatia the Reporter, from the Norrathian Associated Press.

Some of our adventurers got a little bit excited about their roles the adventure...

Oddly, though we were in the right place at the right time, the number of monkeys was not as high as we expected. We only had one or two real wild monkeys in our midst. Someone pointed out that in the past, people have poached monkeys for sport in Sinking Sands and it was possible their numbers had thinned. This was sad news, as monkeys have always had a special place in the hearts of Holy Mighters. Here we are with the Desert Ambassador to the Primate Races...

His influence in the guild sparked a brief era of monkey-love...

I was then horrified to be informed that even members of our guild had once participated in such atrocious acts - some even playing a game called "Shock the Monkey." I was shown a photo of one guild member who had to be forcibly rehabilitated from her monkey killing habits.

Something about the photo was suspicious, but nevertheless, we had two monkeys in front of us, clear evidence of thinning numbers. It was alarming and we revived our spirits with vows to help the monkeys repopulate. We decided to carry on with our event and run with the monkeys!

With the formalities of the event hammered out and our scout spotters in place throughout the Deep, we headed out!

Taped footage can be found here (right click). We were astounded by these monkey's ability to float through the air, and delighted to find that we could, too!

We followed our two wild monkeys throughout the deep, and eventually we were led into a cave. Up upon a rock, standing in the midst of a waterfall, we caught a flash of yellow. The wild monkeys were off like a shot, and we quickly followed, scrambling on top of the rock to find... a small bright yellow arasai...wait, what?

The wild monkeys stared at her in rapt fascination. We gathered around, confused. We were just chatting with Leatia and filling her in on our discovery, when the fae disappeared - out of thin air. The wild monkeys were off like a shot, and with a few embarrassed words to the reporter, we headed off in pursuit.

As usual, shiny things managed to distract us all, and there was a brief frenzy at the Tunare Shrine.

The frolic at the shrine must have been reported to the authorities...as we ran, a loud bell rang out and we heard shouts...

Then another shout rang out, and we were on the chase again. Doomstrike managed to beat the wild monkeys this time, and we found our little yellow arasai tucked under a bridge near the pirates. A closer look and we realized...she was one of our own!

"What is going on!?" I demanded, and she told us the story.

Years before, she had been in the Deep and had witnessed the running of the monkeys herself. As we'd guessed, there was a great large banana that the entire troupe would hunt down and devour. They would feast and play, and then commence with their courtship and mating rituals before heading back to Sinking Sands. She happened to be in the Deep the next year, and followed the running of the monkeys a second time. This time, however, something went wrong. The banana went bad - or possibly had been poisoned. Hundreds of monkeys died at her feet.

She was horrified! She managed to find a couple survivors and took them back to Maj Dul to be rehabilitated. They were set free again. She returned to the Deep and destroyed the plants, and vowed from then on to return every year and "be" the banana, so the monkeys would continue to migrate and mate.

She carried sacks of bananas with her, dyed her wings bright yellow, then hid and waited. When the monkeys arrived, she'd drop the bananas all over, and escape. Continuing the ritual, but ensuring the bananas were not poisonous.

We were impressed with this story, and her dedication. We applauded her efforts and after delivering the bananas and parting ways with our two wild monkey friends, dragged her back to Qeynos to parade the streets. We met other monkey enthusiasts!

Eventually we returned to Sinking Sands, where we encountered the two wild monkeys, already back and looking smug!


Of course, typical Holy Might style, duels broke out and the evening came to and end with the sounds of swords ringing in the air.

Thanks for joining the fun folks! Thanks to Senior Guide Squeecha, Guide Foinix and the Norrathian Associated Press for the event coverage! Their story should soon be available at the Guide Program website.

Saturday, July 19, 2008
Posted by Ninibi/Audra

We're Looking for a few good flakes ... er... toons!

HM is a "casual hardcore" raiding guild. We raid on a casual schedule, but expect & encourage players to perform to the best of their abilities and push themselves to improve constantly.

We are looking for good players who want to put in the effort, but cannot keep the hardcore 5 day a week schedule.

Please read the charter to find out what is expected of you and our basic rules.

We're working on RoK as dps and numbers permit, and have cleared T1. We're currently working on the Overking in Kor-Sha, and the sisters in Shard of Hate.

Our raiding schedule is Tues, Thurs, Friday. 7pst - 11/12 pst. 11 PST is "first call," 12 PST is absolute last call.

Our needs are constantly changing, so please feel free to put in an app if you feel the guild would be a good fit for you.

Current wishlist:

MT Mystic
DPS buffers of all types!
Mage DPS


As always, our casual side is always open to anyone who can behave themselves in public.