RE:Gary Gygax has left the building
(Date Posted:03/05/2008 14:36:33)
Gary's worlds have been a part of my life since I was in 8th grade.
Now, I'm 42, and I can look back on the influences and people in my life because of what this man did.
I can't imagine me without it.
This is for Gary...
Death of the Creator
They gather around in silent vigil
Hordes of mounted warriors carrying lowered flags
Wizards in circles with staves in hand
Moonlit wings beating in the darkness above.
The horns of sorrow wail out somewhere
In the distant jagged peaks to the North
amidst the melancholy moans of a numerous hidden beasts
The Creator has fallen, his sleep eternal
No Scribe touches quill
No Tome is opened
No sword unsheathed
No fang bared
No clanging of metal
No incantation spoken
The Bard's song unheard
No die is cast
And the dwarves find yet another reason to drink in memory of...
But then...
Flags get raised
Swords held high
Shouts of clans too numerous to count
Beasts roar
Dragonfire lights up the sky
Missles fly...........and never miss
Swarms of arrows weave through the winds
The glorious adventure doesn't die
but instead intensifies with the realms
All in the name of the Creator,
Gather ye round now and listen
To the eternal battle held in the heart of the brave,
To the bold,
To the wise,
To the foolish,
and to anyone else who dares enter these worlds,
we say...
GAME ON!
Thank you, Gary
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Thug: Leave it to a Castillan to bring a pistol to a swordfight
Esteban: I beg to differ, mi amigo. I have, in fact, brought "two" pistollas.
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