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[Harqual] Mythology and History
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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 4684724" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkOrange"><p style="text-align: center">The Mythology & History of Harqual</p><p></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkorange">INTRODUCTION</span></strong></p><p>I have never reached this point ever in my years of gaming and had never had the ambition. But then I read The Wyrm’s Turn in DRAGON Magazine #244:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>“Like most folks, I <strong>imagine</strong> many more campaigns than I’ll ever actually run — especially the latest version of my house campaign... which is, of course, my ‘next’ favorite.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>On that note, write me a short letter describing your own house campaign — whether you’ve actually run it or have just dreamed it so far. We’ll print the most interesting in D-mail, where everyone can see what you’ve imagined.”</em></p><p style="text-align: right">— Dave Gross</p> </p><p>This made me think about one of my own campaigns, Kulan, and how far it has come. And yet I have never truly understood what drives me to keep it going. It doesn’t have much history or been played to every corner of the maps I’ve drawn and redrawn. I’ve only shared it with three people who aren’t the most avid gamers ever known. In fact, it is not even my first campaign world. That distinction will always go to Malecade (i.e. Time of Ages).</p><p></p><p>It’s really a combination of many things.</p><p></p><p><strong>1) Personal Fulfillment:</strong> Too leave a personal legacy, no matter how obscure it might be. Too leave something behind for others to enjoy. Even if it is only some distant relative sorting through old boxes after I’m gone.</p><p></p><p><strong>2) My Pain:</strong> The fact is that the game has had more impact on my soul than anyone else could ever know. In the years of my youth it gave me a way to channel the painful emotions of adolescence and doubt. It strengthened me and gave me hope for the future.</p><p></p><p><strong>3) My Imagination:</strong> Ever since I was little, my mind would wander to things out of place in our world. Studying pictures of the myths & legends of other times in history such as Stonehenge and ancient Aztec ruins, as if in a dream. Seeing them come to life in my mind and losing myself to the fantasy of whatever I’m looking at. I didn’t pay attention in school very much unless it was Social Studies. It is a powerful gift to imagine something that is beyond reality such as magic and dragons. To feel the wings beating in my mind carrying me higher than one should dare to go. I have always wanted to fly!</p><p></p><p><strong>4) My Heart:</strong> This is hard to put into words but all my campaigns have been a expression of my deepest love for family, friends, and other more passionate hopes & dreams. I guess you could call me the doomed romantic. I can never feel something halfway...it’s all or nothing. And usually, that is what brings about my downfall in the end. I have cared very deeply about many wonderful women in this world; most never knew. All because I could never find the courage to express it verbally. Shauna, Carla, Jennifer, Susan, Stacey, and Samantha.</p><p></p><p>Samantha, now there’s a tale . . .</p><p></p><p>But I think I’ll make you wait for that one. All these women have truly inspired my soul at one point or another. And I thank them all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 4684724, member: 2012"] [B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="DarkOrange"][CENTER]The Mythology & History of Harqual[/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][COLOR="darkorange"]INTRODUCTION[/COLOR][/B] I have never reached this point ever in my years of gaming and had never had the ambition. But then I read The Wyrm’s Turn in DRAGON Magazine #244: [INDENT][I]“Like most folks, I [B]imagine[/B] many more campaigns than I’ll ever actually run — especially the latest version of my house campaign... which is, of course, my ‘next’ favorite. On that note, write me a short letter describing your own house campaign — whether you’ve actually run it or have just dreamed it so far. We’ll print the most interesting in D-mail, where everyone can see what you’ve imagined.”[/I] [RIGHT]— Dave Gross[/RIGHT][/INDENT] This made me think about one of my own campaigns, Kulan, and how far it has come. And yet I have never truly understood what drives me to keep it going. It doesn’t have much history or been played to every corner of the maps I’ve drawn and redrawn. I’ve only shared it with three people who aren’t the most avid gamers ever known. In fact, it is not even my first campaign world. That distinction will always go to Malecade (i.e. Time of Ages). It’s really a combination of many things. [B]1) Personal Fulfillment:[/B] Too leave a personal legacy, no matter how obscure it might be. Too leave something behind for others to enjoy. Even if it is only some distant relative sorting through old boxes after I’m gone. [B]2) My Pain:[/B] The fact is that the game has had more impact on my soul than anyone else could ever know. In the years of my youth it gave me a way to channel the painful emotions of adolescence and doubt. It strengthened me and gave me hope for the future. [B]3) My Imagination:[/B] Ever since I was little, my mind would wander to things out of place in our world. Studying pictures of the myths & legends of other times in history such as Stonehenge and ancient Aztec ruins, as if in a dream. Seeing them come to life in my mind and losing myself to the fantasy of whatever I’m looking at. I didn’t pay attention in school very much unless it was Social Studies. It is a powerful gift to imagine something that is beyond reality such as magic and dragons. To feel the wings beating in my mind carrying me higher than one should dare to go. I have always wanted to fly! [B]4) My Heart:[/B] This is hard to put into words but all my campaigns have been a expression of my deepest love for family, friends, and other more passionate hopes & dreams. I guess you could call me the doomed romantic. I can never feel something halfway...it’s all or nothing. And usually, that is what brings about my downfall in the end. I have cared very deeply about many wonderful women in this world; most never knew. All because I could never find the courage to express it verbally. Shauna, Carla, Jennifer, Susan, Stacey, and Samantha. Samantha, now there’s a tale . . . But I think I’ll make you wait for that one. All these women have truly inspired my soul at one point or another. And I thank them all. [/QUOTE]
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