Mike S

I as well would like to give a thumbs up to rogueang! As a newcomer to this forum, that thread is helping me catch up on what is going on here.

I like it! Rakoth mountains must be such a terrifying place that efforts to build a proper building have failed. I can imagine it as a semi-sheltered gathering spot where travelers and nomadic residents can pitch their tents, meet, and trade...

Nice entryway!

I like this "fortified" embassy. In my opinion, embassies in a time of unrest that Historica seems to be immersed in would be fortified just like this one. And located next to a water source is just in character. Although perhaps they need a way to access the water from inside the walls such as a secret pipeline that can be controlled from inside the walls in case the embassy be besieged?

Never seen this style roof used before but it looks awesome just like the walls!

Simple yet awesome! Another inspiring MOC...

I just wanted to share with you all the castle project I am working on. Because of its size, I'm trying to finish it before I begin working on another major MOC. However I continue to get distracted as I sort through my LEGO stash and find interesting pieces. So many possibilities.... (sigh)

Awesome job Angeli! The battle captions kept me laughing... this contest was a blast. Hope I can participate next time....

Greetings Dextrus Flagg- It is a great pleasure to be a part of the Kaliphlin Guild. However my cartographers are having a bit of trouble pinpointing the location of our small settlement in regards to the official Kaliphlin map. For the most part my cartographers agree that our settlement is a bit to the north of Eastgate, however one particularly insistant cartographer steadfastly insists that our settlement is indeed Eastgate. He claims that due to a lack of research, the official cartographers dubbed our settlement Eastgate whereas the residents here call our settlement Lion's Bluff. I was sure that he was wrong, so I sent one of my young scholars to the great library in Petraea to find more information about Eastgate and to settle the matter once and for all. After many days my young scholar came back explaining to me that the library in Petraea was not altogether organized and that IF there was information regarding Eastgate, it could quite possibly take him years to find it among all the scrolls of information within the library. Perhaps you or someone familiar with the Petraea library could shed some light on the matter? As for the flag colour on the tower... thank you for bringing that to my attention. One of our scouts recently came across this old abandoned tower near the borders of Avalonia and because of the other news that the scout returned with after discovering the tower quite absorbed my attention to the point that I forgot to send a squad to raise the Kaliphlin colours there. I assure you that I am sending a squad now as I write this to raise the Kaliphlin colours at once. Once I have determined the exact location of our humble settlement, I will have my scribe write up a brief history of our noble family. Mikel Kalores- Lord Protector of the House of Kalores PS- I will try to upload some of my Sci-fi works to my flickr account soon...

Thanks for the welcome! Note: As this is now character introduction post, I will continually update this with my characters and their background info. Mikel Kalores, the son of a wealthy nobleman of Avalonia, was forced to flee his home when his father was assasinated by rival noblemen. It is now known that the rival noblemen were allies of Lord Baine. Having found a haven on the outskirts of the Mystic Isles, in an abbey headed by Bishop Jamon and being taken under the tutelage of another resident of the abbey, a man called Leon, he became a skilled weapon master and tactician. After two years of residence at the abbey, Bishop Jamon, under the recomendation of Leon, proposed that Mikel lead a group of the abbey's residents to settle in the open land of Kaliphlin. Mikel accepted the proposal after some thought and arrived in the Siccus Badlands a few weeks later. After a short stay in Eastgate, Mikel travelled further south and after defeating the corrupt Sultan of Barqa, took up residence there and began construction of Lion's Bluff Castle. Having become interested in all the uncharted land in Kaliphlin, Mikel undertook several expeditions throughout the land. On one of these expeditions he discovered a lost druid temple. During the rise of Victor Revolword, Mikel temporarily turned over his title as Sultan of Barqa to Leon Kral and disappeared on an expedition in the Rakoth Mountains with Lord DaMaximus and the Alleenridders leaving the managemnet of his estate to his liegeman Gaius Kaleci. After the completion of their mission, the Alleenridders returned but Mikel stayed behind to investigate a lead to some almost forgotten mythical beasts. In his exploration of the many tunnels below Historica, he came across a fire elemental and as the two fought, the ground below them gave way, both falling into an ancient sacred pool fusing the elemental into Mikel's body. Mikel immediately traveled to a remote fishing village in Kaliphlin and sent Fleh, one of the slaves that Lord DaMaximus had given him, to consult with Yesil the Grelf concerning his condition. Yesil returned with Fleh and after many months taught Mikel how to control the elemental that had been fused into him. Once he was satisfied that Mikel's training was complete, Yesil returned to his business travels. Mikel however remained in the remote village until Yesil summoned him to the Black Pyramid where an army had gathered to wage war against Victor Revolword. After the assault on Cedrica, Mikel who now went by the name Masa, once again retreated to an isolated location becoming a goat herder. Full background story here: http://www.eurobrick...dpost&p=1210308 For more info about Mikel Kalores visit the Historica wiki here: Historica wiki

I just found out about this "project" from classiccastle.com and signed up today. I have an awesome (in my humble :) opinion) watchtower I built that I was going to submit to the classiccastle.com contest but never got around to taking acceptable pictures of it (I am as of yet not set up with a light tent, etc) but I can put more effort in this time around if there is a need. From what I've been reading, it seems as if that round is over??? Presently I am working on a minifig scale castle and due to my disorganized building methods and work on a Sci-fi themed MOC it has not progressed too much in the last 3 months.

Mikel Kalores signing up for Kaliphlin Guild.