PaxOku, Tokuno, Chesapeake (PaxLair Times) – January 20, 2014 – by Ashlynn – I should begin by saying they would be two separate days, the one following the other – Anniversary Day being on the 19th as is the tradition!
Day 5 Events
I must confess that my time was more limited on the fifth day and I was only able to attend an event and a half! But the evening started with Chutes and Ladders, a game where the players moved around a colourful tiled path full of perils! Lady Brooke won the first round of the game while Morpheus won the second.
Another expedition to the lair of Medusa filled the second hour, her valuables apparently plentiful along with her servants. I can only assume that the snake-haired woman had purchased ironwood bows in bulk as that is all I ever seemed to find.
The rest of the evening was held on a beach north-west of Yew as Governor Tehan encouraged us all to tell Tales around the Fire. Specifically we were asked to tell a story of what we were doing when PaxLair was first founded sixteen years ago. There were a number of colourful tales but the hour soon grew late and everyone eventually headed to their bed.
Anniversary Day!
It has become a tradition to hold a great feast on Anniversary Day, a great gathering of Alliance members and friends. Everyone was asked to say a few words before Governor Winfield began another of his long speeches:
Each year I am honored to give a speech. Sometimes I talk about the past, sometimes about the future. Sometimes I just babble a bit about fishing. Well, I’m not going to talk about fishing tonight. Sorry. I am going to talk about our future. If you look at your PaxLair Cake, the small one, it is named “New Adventures!” That is the theme of my speech tonight.
We’ve been together a long time, my friends. 16 years is impressive I think to stay together as a group. Not everyone has been here that long, but even if you joined us recently as a citizen or ally, and because each and every one of you make up PaxLair, this is your anniversary … and it’s 16! Congratulations to us all!!
“NEW ADVENTURES”… that is my theme tonight. What about new adventures? Well, I think this coming year will be a fantastic year. Many veterans are returning to this Realm, new people are arriving, and new guilds are joining our alliance.
Over the past year, if you go to many of the events in Sosaria, you have seen a great number of the PaxLair Alliance people there. This is what we do — we show our commitment to Chesapeake and our fellow peoples here. We support the EMs and their dedication to us. We will have new adventures in this Realm within our cities and beyond working with allied cities and guilds. We will continue to be creative, try new hunts and hold new events. We will always head into the new dungeons and take on new perils.
Our Statehood and Alliance is alive and vibrant here. As you just heard, so many are involved, and work together. It’s hard to imagine a better group of folk to be with. I personally am honored and humbled to be with you people. Thanks you so much!
In the future… There is another Realm that we will encounter this coming year. It is called “New Britannia” or “Shroud of the Avatar”. Lord British himself is creating this new Realm with several new gods. These gods are veterans in their fields with great capabilities. A well renowned story teller famous for “DragonLance” is scribing the history and tales of New Britannia. An artist amazes us every time he draws a new house or cavern. Lord Blackthorn, in one of his forms, leads the new Realm to creation. More gods design and work directly with people like us on ideas every day. This New Adventure into New Britannia will be great!
And PaxLair as a Statehood & Alliance will also be in New Britannia. We may start as a simple guild. We might be honored to establish a town, which is a huge endeavor. As for alliances between guilds, I do not know how that works yet. But what we do know is “friends” from anywhere can group together as desired to live and prosper in New Britannia.
New Britannia is still being born. It will arrive later this year, and PaxLair will be a part of it.
We will exist in these two Realms. We are too old to give up anything, but we are not too old to try new things. And therefore, we are always open for “New Adventures!”
Thank you for listening to me tonight. I hope the last year and the next will be most wonderful for us all. Dragonspeed to PaxLair! Thank you for coming.
A marathon example of public speaking as you can see!
Icky and Lucy catered for the event with an impressive menu to delight guests with (which will be posted later) although there were one or two items were not so palatable. Cooked troll toes are not something I would ever consider trying myself.
A number of guests had also prepared alcohol for the event – I had even distilled a batch of my finest Ashsinthe for anyone brave enough to dance with a green-hued pixie.
And the rest of the evening was spent in good company, socializing late into the night! Not that such a thing is all that unusual.
The night was a fine way to end the anniversary celebrations with everyone in high spirits and full of hope for the future. I hope everyone had a wonderful time and here is to sixteen more years of PaxLair in whatever realm we dwell!