In years past, I traveled with the Rangers of the Lords of Krynn and Royal Black Watch across the realms of Neverwinter Nights on AOL and Ultima Online. I wrote and edited role-play stories with many guild members. I also played in realms such as EverQuest, and NetMech for MechWarrior. Then, after years of active service with the guild, the Guildmaster accompanied me to an altar in the realm of Earth to help me hand my life over to "a lovely young lass," as he put it. My time playing online disappeared overnight, as I happily prioritized my time with my new wife. Oh, I continued to travel across many realms offline, to be sure, delving deeply into stories such as Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, Star Wars, Halo, Oblivion and Skyrim, Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon, and Mass Effect, but I could not devote meaningful time to the guild online. Twelve years and three children later, my eldest child asked me, while we traveled the realms of Minecraft and Call of Duty, "Dad, what's a guild?" Memories flooded back to my days spent with the guild, and I realized I had finally come to a point where I was able to play online again, and could finally rekindle those friendships from long ago. I look forward to recording more of the great exploits of this guild I have come to love so much.
