The Legonater

Chaos. The act of dissorder. Of disnormality. The sence of something totally wrong. I slowly turn to face Arthur. I did not realise just how great a force it was until coming here. Obviously the place reeks of it- the entire city seems to be in shambles half the time, and it's own Town Watch is corrupt- but that wasn't what awoke me. Nay, it was the Dark lady Wren. She feeds on it. She obeys its will- it's her Master. She capitolizes on it, bends it to her will. She has created beasts that fight with chaos. Clearly, such a force must be stopped... but how does one fight chaos? Dissorder? The very act of war is that which it feeds on! With every beat it only grows stronger! Yet Wren must be defeated. It's absolutely vital. The future of Eubric wrests on this unstoppable force being stopped! And she will be stopped. If I have anything to say about it, Wren will die. Be it by my hand, or someone else's. Wren. Must. Die. Ori'dush! Enteyor! Ash'amur! I blink a couple times, then calm down.

I find it very unlikely that a Star Wars Battlefront 3 will never be made, but it may take a long time (Like KotOR, though I'm not totally sure if TOR counts as a sequel.).

I've been rereading NJO lately, and am currently on Star by Star. It's one of the dryest books I've ever read. Unfortunately it's also the second-longest SW book (I think) being one-upped by the fantastic Vision of the Future, by Timothy Zahn.

She is nice. I personally strengthened my chain whip as soon as we got back. I've still got some more gold on me, but I'm saving it for a 'rainy-day'.

To be honest, when reading LotF, I was under the impression Luke was going to die. I think I ahs misread some article or something, but that was what I had thought, and frankly, it would have been the perfect time. I'm actually surprised mroe of the original cast hasn't been killed yet but the fact is- how do you do it? I can't help but feel that a lot of the time main charecter die, it's done poorly. When Luke dies- and it is a matter of when, not if- it better be done right.

I don't really have a specific opinion yet on Golden's books. What I do know, is that the reasons I disliekd her books in FotJ were because of plot, not writing. I totally agree. In fact, my more favored series (Republic Commando, X-Wing, etc) are totally based on the minor charecters of the movies, if they're in the movies at all.

Frankly, FotJ has frusterated me in a few ways since the beginning. Now, I haven't read the whole series yet- I just saw Vortex today in paperback for the first time- but what I have read I have a lot of mixed feelings about. It started really interesting, with the whole thing of finding-what-happened with-Jacen. Too quickly, thoguh, it jsut got wrapped up in mystical mumbo-jumbo I really dislike and find deluding. It always seems to take away from a story to me. The Jedi Vs. Government thing was a classic SW conflict, but I consistantly feel it's done badly. It was tiresome in NJO, and it's tiresome here. The fact that they're keeping it up is just frustrating. LotF is the only one that I felt did it right. Speaking of LotF, thus far I've really enjoyed it more than FotJ. The thing that really made it work was the fact that this big dillema was happening with this amazing war in the background, which is something that's really classic-SW, and worked perfectly. Each book had changes/advancments in both the war and the Skywalker/Solo family's situation. FotJ doesn't have that background, instead it has this political mess which is tiresome, and thus far has only seemd interesting to me in Backlash. Also, LotF brought in a lot of old charecters we hadn't seen in a long time, as well as other classic elements of SW- grand space battles, npic duels, etc. FotJ was written almost right after LotF ended, thus the whole 'bring back charecters' aspect was lost. As well, there's little-to-none of the elements mentioned being incorporated. I'm really hoping they don't do another 9-book series of novels, but if they do, they better do the following. 1. Don't Get Denning. Denning's books are generally dry, dull, and boring. And he ruins stuff. Keep Allstan, because he's great author, as well as humorous, keep Golden if you want, but lose Denning. 2. Remember That This is Star Wars, Not World of Warcraft. Make it feel like Star Wars. Use a full cast of charecters, Jedi and not. Bring in space battles, and duels and stuff. But do not, do not make it some lame mystical fantasy that we don't care about. Do not incorporate magic, or say 'A wizard did it!', because that's also lame and cliche. 3. Make a Good, Interesting Background. And this one ties into Number 2. If you don't care about the background, chances are, you won't care about the foreground. Again I say, LotF was great because it has an interesting background which complented the foreground. The two were connected and itnertwined, yet it was still obvious which was which. 4. Don't Mess up Charecters. Which ties into Number 1 in a way. Don't mess up a charecter's story, not ruin the charecter and general. And if you're going to kill the charecter, do it well. Give it emotion, not a few cheap pages which ruins the charecter anyways. And, just because there's no real better place to put it, don't use the whole 'Luke Heard it on Dagobah' gag. It's been used a painfully numerous amount of times, and using it again in FotJ just about does it for me. 5. Have Fun With It. Exactly what it says on the tin. If you don't have fun writing it, we won't have fun reading it. Plain and simple. Make it good, but make it fun as well. SW have always been fun movies, and it's books should be as well. Now, I realise DelRey probably never comes over here, but I felt like stating this anyways.

Su'cuy, Skrall, old friend! No, as I haven't signed up for any Quests, either. I've largely recovered from the horros of the Battle with Wren, but there's still something holding me back. I can't place it. And what have you been up to?

Not always. There's some of us who's thoughts dwell on... other matters. I add nothing more to my cryptic coment from the table beside the group.

Out of curiosity, Doc, aproximently how long will your Quest be? Another long one?

I wouldn't say completely different. More unexpected than different, as the two are connected in various ways.

After attempting to strangle Finnegan just like old time, I return to the conversation. It went well from a tactical point of view. But deep down, I almost feel we lost more than we gained. Wren shook us to the core, that's for sure. And the battles... I think it's safe to say they affected us in a way that simply can't be described.

I nod greetings to the returning heroes, cringe in disgust as the Aura passes by, then notices amung them are a Mage I had not seen before, yet one who seems to hold himself high (Arthur). I walk to him, extending my hand in greeting. Hello there- I do not believe we have yet. My name is Rone. Dyric Rone.

After backing up the others, I kneel beside my two friends. Jess, do you know what happened?

I heed the cleric's advice, and begin lightly pushing Heroes back.

I laugh loudly Well, if the stories are true, I can apparently whip an army into shape You see, Nur, on my last Quest, we ran into a group of guards, demanding our names. So we all came up with these wild- Suddenly a crash comes from beside me, and I pull out my knife and whip around to face what made it's noise. I then see my friend Haldor on the ground, Jess moving to him fast. Haldor! What... Nur, you wouldn't happen to be a Cleric, would you?

You know, I can't say that I have. Hello Nur, I'm Dyric Rone. You may have heard of me. I'm an expert trainer, you know.

I think you've played more games than I have, though. Not counting the Prince of Persia bloodbath, I've played 3 mafia games and 1 Mystery.

'Programmed'? 'Built'? These are humans we're talking about, not droids. The words you're looking for are 'trained' and 'grown'. ...And yes, I realise I'm speaking largely as an avid fan of the Republic Commando series.

I try again. Haldor, old pal! How've you been?

Ditto! Personally, I'd say my performance was mediocre at best. I honestly tried to do what I could for the town, but seemed to fall short. Mind you, I don't have a lot of the experiance you more active players do.

I take note of my friend Haldor at a nearby table, surrounded by Heroes. I offer him a smile then walk over to him. Haldor, ol' friend. How've you been?

I got voyeured? What exactly is that? I've already told my story, but I guess it doens't hurt to tell it again. On Day 1 I was aproached by Bob, as a request to join his group. He asked my role, and as an act of good faith, I gave it to him. I really hadn't made any alliances in the past two games I've been in, and I was eager to make an attempt to do so. At Night I targeted Def, because for whatever reason I found his seemingly cranky behavior odd. I promised Bob I'd tell him what I did in the morning, lest he tell anyone who might be connected to scum. During the night, Tammo also approached me,a sking to join his group. Again, I accepted and informed him of my role as an act of good faith. From there, one thing led to another, and I was killed

So, I guess I should post my entry here too. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=67864

Ditto on Denning. He really messed up a lot of charecters. Though, it should be noted that besides Invincible, Traviss wrote anything to do with Mandolore. Personally, Revelation would have been a much better ending than Invincible, if done right. Revelation had one of the best and most incredible space battles I've ever seen. It has a lot of personaly challenges for allt he charecters. Invincible was just... odd. Nothing really seemed to work. That might be a result of Denning writhing, but in the end it just, really seemed like a series of poorly done battles stitched together.