Omigod. I can't pass this up. Oh no.
Like many of you have said before me, I've been at this a number of years. Too many to count. I came across TSR's ISRP about the same time Evander did... maybe a little before. It was back in the days of the original Tavern, back when TSRO's ruled the roost and took no prisoners. Kayly Ravenlock and her cousin? brother? Tyr were two of my first influences, along with the lovable Asnod (who wasn't a ghost back then), Ren Scotson, and certainly not least of all, Evander. Gods, those were the days. When it started out, it was just Draco, a copper dragon with no history, no background. Over the years, Draco grew and changed as I did. His scale color changed enough times to almost consider him a chameleon. And he was always --
always -- naive, as I'm sure a number of us First-Gen'ers can attest to (KC, I'm lookin' at you!).
Draco was involved in too many story plots, from his own hatched out of a book by Richard A. Knaak that I had read; to the rise and eventual fall of the Redeemers; through the era of the Defenders and of the Alliance, to the coming of the Viyach Lemarg... Draco was in the middle of nearly all of it, mostly by choice.
I also tried my hand at other characters, like Draco's wolven protector, Talon; the lioness Kiara; even Sailor Mars -- Rei Hino. But Draco was -- and still is -- my favorite to date.
I always said that the key to surviving ISRP was to have a lot of friends who knew Resurrection spells. ::chuckles:: I lived up to that pretty well, I think.
I've taken a rather major hiatus from the ISRP scene; one I need to end soon, as it's been way too long. I miss a lot of the people I used to RP with; I know many of them have moved on, but it's nice to see some familiar faces and hear some familiar names. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I needed it.
