<html> <body> At 01:49 PM 8/12/2016, Bryce Glover wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Aug 12, 2016, at 2:05 AM, <a href="mailto:cokane8116@aol.com">cokane8116@aol.com</a> wrote: I believe that Oren has permanently left MK. I don't know of any plans to finish his story arc.</blockquote> Well, that’s a pity; I was looking forward to seeing more exploits from that luckless TGed Hippocci assassin of his, and, plus, wasn’t there a quest some of his characters were going to go on to Hippoc with MattRat’s in-‘verse avatar? </blockquote> Oren left Metamor Keep over a decade ago. I confess I had never particularly cared for the idea of my character going on the trip to Hippoc, but I tend to be very flexible when other folks want to use my characters and Oren was a friend so as long as he was going to bring me back in time for what I had in mind I was happy to let him have some fun. Once Oren left there was no reason to continue the story-line and a collective judgment was made to let it wither. The same has happened with Raven's story arc which was never finished before the main author left MK. In that case we tried to decide what to do and had a few possibilities (all suggested by the original author), but not enough of us really liked any of them so we sort of let the plot fade out and left things as they were. This is one of the challenges of a shared setting. We do try to cooperate with one another and I think in Metamor Keep we've done a fantastic job of that especially as we are all pursuing independent plot lines. But when somebody decides that Metamor Keep no longer holds any interest for them, it is extremely difficult for the rest of us to pick up what they left behind. I know that were I to leave there would be no more stories about the Rats and that's just fine. I do not expect people to do my job for them (though from time to time I do ask for a little help when it involves their characters). Okay, that went longer than I intended. I'm glad you have been enjoying Metamor Keep and want to see more of it. I'm working on it here and there. :-) May He bless you and keep you in His grace and love, Charles Matthias </body> </html>