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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 156863" data-attributes="member: 99">Just checking in after my absence due to Life.  Great update, Old One.  Your excellent writing has not lost its edge in any way.  You could probably rest on your laurels a bit if you wanted to.  But I'm glad you don't.  It continues to inspire me.  Thanks for that (now if I could just find the time I need to put that inspiration to good use).I have mixed feelings about the death of Rose.  I hated seeing any of the characters buy the farm (for a minute there, I thought for sure it was Drusilla).  But in another way, I'm glad it was Rose.I tend to stereotype barbarians into the "My highest honor is to die valiantly in battle!" category and Rose fell prey to this in my mind.  This was the toughest fight the party has faced in a long time and Rose's heroics seemed a worthy, if a bit untimely, end to his saga.  If I'm wrong about his aspirations about dying in battle, I'm sorry.He will definately be missed as he was the only "true" fighter type in the group (what with Rowan going Rogue).  But with Lew going the Paladin route, I don't believe that Rose's player should feel constrained to making another fighter type.Anyhow, I'm glad the suspense is finally over and I look forward to more updates.</blockquote>