[Rygar]

So here is my 'from Qeynos' story. We were like level 10 and decided to leave Qeynos / Blackburrow and find somewhere else. Keep in mind this was like day 4 or 5 of live or whatever, wasn't a lot of resources.

So we unfold our CLOTH MAP that came with the box, and we see a village in one of the karanas. No maps, no locs, just running around to find these 'hut landmarks' that were on the cloth map, surely they were of significance.

So we're just running around this huge zone, no idea where to go, taking forever, fearing for our life from all the red cons around us and there.... we find it! Huts in the distance atop large tree trunks! Just like the map indicated!

Surely this was an important city where we could bank, bind, etc. Nope, it was aviak village. All these dubious birds running around, we're like, WTF? Wound up dying eventually, at which point we did the impossible Human run to Freeport.

Keep in mind, this was back when a 15" monitor (not widescreen) was a luxury, we may have been playing on a 13" monitor. And this was when humans were blind as hell without a light source and we didn't know what the hell the gamma setting was. I remember we'd run in the dark doing F8 and the second we picked up a target and it conned red we panicked. I think we untargeted it, and then clicked at certain spots on the screen with the mouse to ensure the beast wasn't right before us, and maybe take a route around it.

Was fun as hell! I miss those days before meta play too. I thought I was a boss when I saved up my cash to get a Shiny Brass Halberd on my human warrior (16/48 2hs... MAGIC so i can kill wisps and ghouls).

Eventually found out about the Langseax of the Wolves quest (19/44 2hs, +5 str / +5 dex I think) and did the run back to Halas. Probably gave frostbite like 10 shirts before leading me to Paglan or whatever his name was, was a tough fight for me... but ooooooh man, I thought I was real hard wielding that sword.