I've recently come back to Ultima Online after a 15 or so year hiatus, and between that and this thread I'm feeling super nostalgic.
I played/play on Chesapeake from 97-approximately 2002 and again from 2004 until 2008 or so, if you see your name here or someone you know, say hi! I'd love to find a way to contact these folks.
My first, longest friend in game was moonbabie. We met at the Lyceum in Moonglow and became fast friends, and she became my closest confidante during a really tough time in my life. She was the first person I came out to, and she was always wonderful and supportive. We chatted online and on the phone often. I'll always wish I had done a better job at keeping in touch. She's passed away, but the buildings she decorated in the player run town Casandrael remain, and I visit the rune library often and think of her.
I miss:
-molleey of ATD
-Drouid / Brett
-Nature Jack and Red Sonia
-sir dev masters
-my fellow powerpuff girls, Blossum and Buttercup - I think either Moe Howard or Larry Fine or both were the others, or were somehow connected to the others but I can't remember 100%, it's been so long.
-the Sillyhood, one of the first and most entertaining established groups I found while running through Yew (iirc they had a small house very near to Empath Abbey, and they were wonderful)
-Agent Orange and Taber Dyne who encouraged me to develop in PVP and got me into OiNland - I didn't last that long because my connection was ****e, but they were kind to me and taught me a lot.
-scribler, consummate Moonglow banksitter and absolute sweetheart
-Windalyn
-Fallen Angel and his mom - I think her name was Grey Owl or something along those lines
-Nat
-Herb Albert
-Daemon
-Frost, who I didn't know well, but whose small smithy shop in Moonglow was a beacon that defined what home was for me for years - I'm sad to see his shop no longer there today.
-Kris who taught me how to PK and helped me get on the bounty board ONE TIME in my entire UO career
-Wind, who taught me so much about compassion, forgiveness, and friendship
-There was a thief in moonglow who always wore a death robe and caused so much chaos - I didn't know him, but remember his antics fondly - I think maybe his name was Stinky Pete, but that's just a hunch and could be completely off base.
-The pks that killed me... especially the honorable ones. I see some of you here, and I'd like to ask for my bags of reagents back, please.
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Thanks for making the game exciting.
So many others whose character names have faded from memory, but who contributed to an era of gaming that brought so much joy to my life.