#gemstone iii

[rhunae]

Jezzebella and Kellecezza.

Jezz was my character from when I played Gemstone III. I rolled Kell recently for Gemstone IV (my husband joined me as a ranger). Both are dark elf sorcerers, so I decided to make them mother/daughter, since I don’t even know where to start to get Jezz back; I figure she’s retired.  I aged Jezz up for a mother/daughter portrait.

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[rhunae]

Jezzebella, my first “child”.

My first rpg/rp was on Gemstone III many a moon ago. It was a text based game so all I have for her looks was that she was a dark elf with long silver hair, violet eyes, and grey/white skin. I never came up with a face claim for her. She was a sorcerer with some really crappy stats; but when I tried to make a second sorcerer with really good stats, I couldn’t get into that character. I liked my flawed girl.

I spent a lot of time in Icemule Trace. I liked it better, smaller, the baddies closer to town, etc. So here she is, in some snowy-wintery place, about to zap something (probably a frost giant). 

I also remember she liked spiders and collecting eyes. She had a dev-made skirt with a spider that moved around it. I really lucked out getting that one. After I left the game, my bf at the time took everything of value and sold it (with my permission).

This was also when I circled the drain for the love of rogues. Fucking rogues. <3

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[kontextmaschine]

have you ever written any fanfiction?

In middle school a piece about Gemstone III for some competition, it was about one of the clerks that gives low-level players delivery quests going on an adventure of his own.

In high school started a BtVS piece called “Aggrytagh” or something, it was a Welsh word for “shapeshifter”, it was an Oz-focused story about another werewolf showing up in Sunnyvale, the only thing I really remember is I tried really hard, maybe protesteth too hard really hard, to make him not a Mary Sue.

Also after college in LA I wrote a Veronica Mars spec script, which is kinda professional fanfic.

[appendixjournal]

New article: Don't Cry for Me, Elanthia: an Archaeology of Gemstone III. 

[oldgamemags]

Next Generation #27, March 1997 - Their 10 Online Game picks, including Gemstone III, Diablo, C&C, and Mechwarrior 2!

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