Before I begin with what may end up becoming a long winded reply I have this to say: You lie Brutal!!!
Now with that said, I started RPing at the ripe old age of 8 when I went with an older friend (She was 15) to her friends house when they were playing the old, 1st Edition D&D. After watching them for a few sessions I wanted to give it a try. My first ever character was a half elf named Selprina. She was a cleric who was a complete clutz lol. After that I became addicted to RPing. I still remember making a halfling, who in her travels gained a human companion who decided to keep walking on instead of helping her up these stone stairs which was taller than she was. Finally during a battle with I think a silver wyrmling she just threw down her weapons, opened her arms and called out "Alright, get it over with and kill me! I'm tired of hanging around this bloody moron!" and pointed to the human lol.
Through the years I have had many characters, and many storylines. However once I grew to become an adult I couldn't find anyone who even heard of D&D let alone played it. While living in Toledo, OH with my then boyfriend I got on the computer and did a search for onine D&D, and that brought me to Wizards. I fought for days to get my first character, starting with Amastacia. I had many inquiries of what the mls at the end of her name stood for and my response was "Hehe it's my initials." When asked why in the world I put that there I simply said "Because it's the only way I could get the character name."
Oh I think that was around the summer of '03 roughly. At that time I was going through alot and needed something to take my mind off of it. So at the beginning my reasoning would have to be escape, plus the intense desire to play any form of D&D.
Unfortunately though for awhile I had to take a break due to lack of computer. I then got started RPing again when I moved to PA and became a regular to the likes of the CRT. During the years I made alot of good friends, some of them I would even go as far as calling my own personal extended family. Some people think I am a drama queen because of the trouble I get Ama into but hey, when things grow boring I have a desire to spice it up. Also I agree that sometimes my emotions come out into my characters and so if I am frustrated with something I tend to get my character into a fight because it helps take out my frustration n a way that doesn't hurt me or anyone else.
Big thanks and hugs goes out to the players of these characters, because if not for you guys I probably would have given up RPing on ISRP long ago: Anzer, Thunder, Larok, Phariel, Babylon, Darien, Bran, Sky, and though we never really interacted Brynn and Orchid because watching your antics made me laugh even when I wanted to cry.
Alright, yes this has grown very long winded, and I am sure I probably left out names, but you all know who you are that have touched my life in some way, shape or form, and I want to send out my thanks to you for making my RP life so much fun.