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Hi! Solarn here, formerly of the Zurg Hive, formerly of the GiB, formerly of a rather forgettable little faction called Area 51, formerly of IZZLE Army and all through this a Believer and honorary member of The Old Guard.

I reappeared on Gaia just after the Zurg plot began and supported the Believers with all of my efforts ever since. I met all of my currently active friends during that time and it pretty much defined my experience on Gaia. Before that, I've only been sporadically active, mostly in ED and sometimes in GD when a saner thread appeared. After that, I never left for more than a month and even that rarely. I've been active in almost every event since then (I have a horrible habit of missing Christmas events).

But nowadays, I find myself wishing back the hectic days of the Zurg event and the friends I found then and haven't seen since.

Hello. My name is Adremmalech.

Like many of you, I was never that active on Gaia until the Zurg came, but when that whole thing started, I met up with the Gaian Resistance.
My main reason for joining the GR was that I thought an open war was a very real possibility. Once I joined, I was promoted to an officer of the guild. Shortly after we became a public name, my group came under fire from the Believers, the neutral and therefor peaceful of the three factions that had sprung up. (The GIB were not there yet.) As I like neutrality, I tried to join the Believers too, as another GR member, Omega Will, was also a member of the Believers.
My efforts were stopped by our vice-president, who told me to choose, and that I would be kicked out of the Gaian Resistance if I were to join the Believers.

Looking back, I regret my decision to not challenge that threat. I do not believe that I would have been kicked out of the GR for calling myself a Believer.
But I didn't challenge. I stayed in the GR and did not interact with the Believers for over a month, until we finally declared them allies.
But by that time, the plot was on the down-spin. Drama was everywhere and mixed messages from the NPCs were making the whole situation a big mess.
When the plot ended, I thought the disbanding of the GR was natural, that our time had passed, and that we would disappear quietly, lying dormant in case the Zurg ever returned.
But we remained.

The guild remained and slowly withered. I tried to keep up posting personally and breath life into the guild, but it seemed in vain. At the end of that year, I decided to leave. I said my goodbyes and gave my entire inventory away as christmas gifts. I kept the suit though. I love this suit.
After that, I left.

but I never scrambled the password to my account. I held onto the fact that one day, it would be in my best interest to return to Gaia.
and sometimes I do, like today, where I learn that some kind of reunion is happening here, so I come and see that a handful have been informed and have shown up.

Well, this is what's left of the Zurg plot, and it will only become smaller.
So cheers to the Zurg, those aliens who brought us all together this one last time. If they ever came back, I know it wouldn't be the same, but it would still kick a**.