Happy 4th of July and Canada Day !!!

Hope everyone had a good holiday last week.  American's celebrating their Independance day from the vile English and Canadians celebrating the same.  It took the Americans about 8 years of war to accomplish this feat, from declaring independance in 1776 to finally watching the last of the redcoats leave in 1784.  The Canadians took about 120 years from declaring the birth of a confederation in 1867 to finally get rid of any vestige of British rule in 1982.  Happy holidays to all who celebrated in North America.

In any case back to EQ.

Once upon a time not so long ago, there were these mobs, Clankwrench and Behemoth in Steam Factory and Irissa the Seer in Solteris. What do they all have in common? Pak nailed them all, took their treasures and went on vacation to enjoy the spoils of war.

The challenge in Steam Factory lay not in the fight but in the tracking through the maze of tunnels and turbines to find the lair of one of those maniacal, mechanical monsters. You can invis up and wander till your heart’s content throughout the entire factory for hours if need be. But once the maze is mastered, the fight is on. Clankwrench and steamsuits blustered and blew and then fell down giving up some choice loot to weary maze travelers.

Grats to:
Benevolant Mender's Mantle	Searraa
Battery Powered Choker	Wolf
Ancient Velvet Pantaloons
Ancient Husk Leggings	Zebrn
Flagging Piece	You know who you are

Behemoth does not require a G.P.S. product to get to but he’s no slouch. In the depths of his lair, surrounded by little brownies and robotic minions whose job is to deliver precise devastation to any who challenge him, /snicker No matter. All of his posturing and itty bitty robotic committees did not keep him from falling down. The colorful rush of metallic automatons seemed more decorative than destructive; they were dispensed of in a quick matter-of-fact manner. When Behemoth hit the dirt floor, dust whooshed up and down the air vent and the clatterings of his little steel belted minions fell silent beside him.

Then there’s that ugly spider with the fancy name, Irissa the Seer. Well I guess she didn’t see Pak coming. At first glance, Irissa looks like a spider that has had a steady diet of hormone induced dinners with a steroid chaser. Yeah, she is big. No HUGE. Our biggest unshrunk barbarian warrior is a tiny tot in front of her. Sooooo I guess intimidation is her Shtik. Well, it didn’t work.

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Neither the vamps nor the poor misguided, crusty-skinned orcs could dissuade Pak from the fight. Irissa did the trite Doppleganger thing (flashback to the Queen from Darkhollows days). Irissa did the I am going to hit you really, really hard thing. Irissa tried everything except the “my lair is at the end of a very long Steam Factory maze of tunnels and you cannot find me” thing. The spidey died. Eight legs curled up and she went plop, on top of the barbarian warrior. Or was it the frog? Well, frogs do like spiders don’t they?
 

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Bono, and officer and a gentl.. well an officer

A matter of perspective

                                                                                                                     -graphics by Asif
                                                                                                                     -words by Dreamcatcher