Entry 14: Purgatori Fire

"It is about at this point in the story where I had scouted out the location again on Lok (to make sure it was still there since Beta) and returned to my starting city of Corellia to encourage my Mon Cal friend (who’s name unfortunately eludes me), to hurry and gather more ore for my damn house. I was so anxious to place it on that lake (where the guild hall is currently) before anyone else could. I was not going to lose that spot no matter what. I returned to Coronet and went back to the medical facility (I started out as a medic) and sat there healing all the new and inexperienced people of their wounds. Having played beta, they were asking me a TON of questions about how to do this and that, where to train, and what planets were the best. So many questions I was asked until i could stand no more. Sakkara and I would weave elaborate tails of fancy to ensure people would return to us (severely damaged) so we could treat them for wounds and get more experience. I recall one particular person named Jacent, who later became my close friend, asking me how he could train to be a Bounty Hunter. Sakkara and I told him that you had to go to Dathomir and speak to a "Nightsister Elder". We cautioned him that you had to approach slowly and show much respect. If she attacks you that you should NOT attack back or attempt to run as you will anger her and lose faction with them. If you failed, you would have to try again until she spoke to you. Needless to say he was at it all day long and in HORRIBLE need of medical treatment before he finally caught on that we were messing with him. But we made a friend for life, he saw the humor in our ruse and we all had a great laugh. Shortly after, I got a tell from my Mon Cal friend telling me my house was ready. I nabbed it and ran to Lok as quickly as possible to place the house. Jacent Sky had asked if he could put one down there as well. He was followed by a few of my friends from FotS, Hidden Agenda, Alpha Vibe, and Rivver Eweyn. Together we decided to call ourselves the "Protectors of Lok" (unofficially since no guildhalls were possible yet). I remember every one of them telling me I was nuts and that this was WAY too far out of the way. The walk was HELL and it was all I could do to prevent them from just running off to an easier location. I would sit them down, tell them of the vision of the future, and through much persuasion I managed to keep them there and on Lok. It took some time for them to share in my vision for our group, they wanted to relocate to Corellia or Naboo where it was not such a huge cumbersome and deadly walk to get to our houses, but I refused. We begin to make a joke out of how many times we died getting there, and to toughen up, we would duel constantly and level up together elsewhere. In the beginning, dueling was not an option. In fact it was how we gave rank within the guild. The "Walk" of course was also not an option since no alternatives existed. Several times a day we would make that walk back and forth... to meet, duel, exchange goods and information, and just have fun in our remote location. As for early rules and regulation to govern us, prior to having a guild hall: - Kill or be killed. - Never say die. - No creature too big or too tough. - If you missed 3 meetings in row, you were out. - You must declare Rebel. - You do not charge guild members for goods or services, period. - No matter where you were, what you were doing, you came when you were called to help. Those were pretty much the only rules that governed us in the beginning. And as a side note, Lok as a planet was my second choice. Originally I wanted to build next to the Nightsister Enclave on Dathomir, but building was not allowed there, so I picked the next most difficult challenge... Lok. Looking back I realize that had we built there it would have been a tragedy of enormous proportions (until we killed enough Singing Mountain Clan that is). But I am glad Lok was available for building and not Dathomir. Guardians of Dathomir is a little... well... walking around with GOD as a guild tag would have been too much, right?" -Purg