Kharst was great fun. He was my most challenging PC to play thus far for many reasons, the most important of which being the playing of a non-human and the different sort of mentality that you have to keep in mind constantly. Of course, dwarves have some great advantages both mechanically and socially, which makes them my new favorite race even over humans. I encourage everyone to do their homework on dwarves, come up with a great and unique concept, and make awesome happen. Now, for this post, I'm not going to name names because simply put, I tried to effect everyone on the server and likewise be effected by it, even if Kharst was a super-conservative, mildly xenophobic, somewhat self-inflated dwarven nobleman. So kudos to everyone out there for making Kharst such a fun PC.
Before I get into it, a note. One primary thing I saw about the dwarven race early on - dwarves are builders. I challenge all dwarf PCs to go out, make a change to the server that effects the race (for better or for worse, so long as its interesting), then pass it on to the next generation of dwarf PCs. Kharst was not the first and won't be the last. That being said, his success was mostly due to some awesome support from a number of fellow dwarf PCs. Thanks, Union dwarves.
Kharst Delzoun
This character was created on Tuesday, May 26th at 11:05:20 PM.
Since creation, this character has logged on and off 185 times.
The character has spent 14 days, 22 hours, 53 minutes, and 14 seconds online.
Some fun facts about Kharst...
- Kharst was something like a nobleman-knight of dwarves, slated to be an elder of his clan (Delzoun being an ancient, honorable, and nearly eliminated name of enormous prestige); this didn't happen because he was pulled from home just as his father was dying
- Kharst never consumed alcohol as part of a sect of dwarven lords from his home that had made an oath of sobriety so that they were always vigilant and prepared to defend their homes. His diety was, appropriately, Gorm Gulythn.
- To those who learned a bit about the above, Kharst made it sound as if he was a big badass warrior in his first life. That was not the case, which I tried to reflect in his early acts of mild cowardice on Ymph. Or at least, he was not nearly as brave as in the end days.
- Kharst successfully committed suicide once. More on that below.
- Kharst left Ymph very rarely, but once was magically teleported to Tethyr, later venturing to Amn by boat and eventually back to Ymph. This was done IG.
- I had actually planned on having Kharst die of natural causes when he found a PC heir to lead the dwarves. Unfortunately, his time had come and none had shown themselves. So he was devoured by a +39 AB super-demon, which was pretty badass.
The story...
Early days as a Deputy. Good times.
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Kharst was never a great fan of the Stygians, despite many similarities with them. Trannyth was the only one he could stand, and they got along pretty well. Anyways, during the Stygian land grabs, Kharst decided to go behind their backs and take the mines by hiring the Iron Halo. This happened over about 2-3 days. They never even found out, proving his point that their claims were silly. It also earned him Retainership.
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6069/behindstygianbacks.th.jpg) (http://img27.imageshack.us/i/behindstygianbacks.jpg/)
From the Larenius situation. By the way, Kharst really did kill Syndri. Well, sort of. The last is Team Dwarf with me.
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(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4664/ikilledlarenius.th.jpg) (http://img23.imageshack.us/i/ikilledlarenius.jpg/)
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Oh, so frequently unlucky. I got hit by lightning 3 times in 2 days, this one during a nightriser invasion.
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Another unlucky situation. A glitch causing 514 acid damage.
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The Mist was never a major player in Kharst's life, but Kharst got a great mist dream once. A huge part of the struggle that was Kharst's existence was his service to Sharboneth, fulfilling his innate need for a sense of duty, and his service to his people, fulfilling his social needs. Here, Kharst is shown the scenes from two futures, one where he chooses the dwarves and one where he chooses Sharboneth. For the dwarves, he became a king with a noble son, fighting the Sharbs and Stygians for dwarven sovereignty (and barely winning). For the Sharbonethans, he became Master Retainer of the House with many honors but had waged war against "dwarven rebels in the mines" to earn it. It was then that, after being ordered to execute one, he tosses his sword to the rebel dwarf and then grabbed a hunk of iron, sinking himself to the bottom of the sea to drown. Sadly, I only got pictures of the future dwarf lord.
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Kharst's Dwarven Defender quest was AMAZINGLY done. The DM that ran it calls it his crowning achievement as a DM so far (and maybe life? heh). Here are a few snapshots, including when Kharst became the wealthiest PC EfUA has ever seen. Eat it, Highhill. Sadly, this was a typo on part of the DMs as I would later discover to my great displeasure. The second picture is the crew that went with me, all geared up for one of the hardest fights I've had on EfU.
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Another picture, when leaving the Dwarf Defender quest.
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This weapon is why the aforementioned fight was such a pain. I carried it around for months until the day of Kharst's death when it was destroyed by angels. If I had only killed a few hundred babies...
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A quick glance at the leading soldiers in our strikes against Queen Ixpadia. I wish I had been there during the grand PvP of her takeover, but it was still fun for what I did get to do. Funny enough, after she won, Kharst realized that he actually benefited from her victory in many ways.
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2230/waragainstthequeen.th.jpg) (http://img34.imageshack.us/i/waragainstthequeen.jpg/)
The last Patricians' Council. I loved these things (full disclosure: Kharst also created the idea and wrote up the basic rules and function), and hope that there are similar events in the future where PCs can meet in-game to argue and discuss policy.
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9713/thelastcourt.th.jpg) (http://img41.imageshack.us/i/thelastcourt.jpg/)
The events leading up to Kharst's death, the battle through a corrupted celestial prison, were awesome. The plot twists were hysterical and epic, as these pictures show.
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Most of Kharst's latter days were spent exploring the island, hunting for random events with a relatively small but fantastic and dynamic cast of allies. And making fun of a certain Retainer of House Sharboneth. Oddly, this behavior was so ingrained in us that we still did it when we died together.
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My first Endlude ever.
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The End
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Aaaaaand...
The Loot
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(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3228/shield2k.th.jpg) (http://img21.imageshack.us/i/shield2k.jpg/)
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5764/shield3.th.jpg) (http://img4.imageshack.us/i/shield3.jpg/)
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1540/bootsy.th.jpg) (http://img21.imageshack.us/i/bootsy.jpg/)
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4218/armorfb.th.jpg) (http://img10.imageshack.us/i/armorfb.jpg/)
Funny accidental ambient loot...
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Well, that's all. Out for a while. It's been fun, boys and girls.
How I wish Joric annoyed you more.
Awesome character Garem! I'm only sad I never really got to have much to do with him.
All the glorious deaths on that quest. I ALMOST wish Areus was eaten too. Almost.
Excellent character as always, Garem.
We never did hang out much, but I feel that his awesome merits my comment here.
Good run, Garem. Good run.
Alas, the Comrade Morndin falls, and out (Soviet) Union of Clans must recover.
Gloin loved him like a brother, albiet an older, more respectible one ;)
Can't wait for your next Garem!
Crappy screenshots, best PC.
Great stuff, really great character, from start to finish!
Good times my friend, good times. I never got to fully follow-up with Kharst after that goblin trial...
EfU politics won't be the same without you. Best of luck on your next pc or whatever!
Excellent PC, Garem. A brilliant and memorable faction leader. Just a shame the faction fell apart due to half of us being out the game for a while.
Brilliant PC Garem. Well done mate.
Tsk. Tsk.
An excellent run.
I had too much fun running around the island with Kharst.
I'm pretty sure Highill had more than 97k? :P
Real good one, Garem. You did all and some more of what I ever wished to have done with my retainer.
Incredible.
I still owe Kharst 8 potions :(
:(
Pour 'em on the curb, in memory of a lost homeboy.
WAAAAAAT
:(
Good run!
Incredible PC. I always envied the wealth and influence of Kharst Delzoun, and respected you for playing him so damned well.