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Dennis
Great Reader
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 Posted - 08 Sep 2011 : 23:48:27
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Off the top of my head, I really can't think of anyone who has a tragic backstory that caused them to go evil... Cyric comes close, except for the fact that he could have chosen to do the right thing and instead took the expedient route.
If you gave Cyric a hug you might end up with a pointy metal object in your back. 
Or eels! The mad god seems fond of it. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 00:37:12
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| I'd give one to Artemis, and perhaps Jarlaxle- though he'd probably take it the wrong way and..... yeah. Drizzy DEFINITELY needs one, and so does Elminster. I'd LOVE to hug Danilo, just because. And then take him out drinking- cause you know it'd be a hoot! Let's see, who else is on my hug list? Maybe Dahlia from Gauntlegrym- since you know her childhood kinda sucked. But I'd slap her afterwards, for killing the baby. What did IT ever do to her? It's the FATHER she should have killed.... |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 00:39:34
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| So strange that nobody ever offers hugs to illithids. |
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Lady Shadowflame
Learned Scribe
115 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 00:42:04
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
I'd give one to Artemis, and perhaps Jarlaxle- though he'd probably take it the wrong way and..... yeah. Drizzy DEFINITELY needs one, and so does Elminster. I'd LOVE to hug Danilo, just because. And then take him out drinking- cause you know it'd be a hoot! Let's see, who else is on my hug list? Maybe Dahlia from Gauntlegrym- since you know her childhood kinda sucked. But I'd slap her afterwards, for killing the baby. What did IT ever do to her? It's the FATHER she should have killed....
Yeah, Danilo's fun.
For myself, as far as hugging Artemis... I think I'll let his... best buddy Jarlaxle do that, because a vampiric dagger to the spine isn't my idea of a good time. But Jarlaxle would get away with it. One way or another. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 00:44:44
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Originally posted by Ayrik
So strange that nobody ever offers hugs to illithids.
I would, once I'm fully confident that my brain-wards are insusceptible to their mind blasts. |
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Lady Shadowflame
Learned Scribe
115 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 00:47:08
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Ayrik
So strange that nobody ever offers hugs to illithids.
I would, once I'm fully confident that my brain-wards are insusceptible to their mind blasts.
Insert tasteless joke about tentacle action here.
...Insert tasteless joke about inserting here.
...Ins- nah, I'm done. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
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GMWestermeyer
Learned Scribe
USA
215 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 00:56:44
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Old School FR fans?
I think we need some hugs... |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
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Therise
Master of Realmslore
1272 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 01:55:28
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Originally posted by GMWestermeyer
Old School FR fans?
I think we need some hugs...
Depends on who's giving the hugs.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31772 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 03:08:10
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Originally posted by Therise
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Originally posted by GMWestermeyer
Old School FR fans?
I think we need some hugs...
Depends on who's giving the hugs.
How about me?  |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 03:23:06
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Therise
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Originally posted by GMWestermeyer
Old School FR fans?
I think we need some hugs...
Depends on who's giving the hugs.
How about me?
I suppose they'd be more than glad to receive it! |
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Therise
Master of Realmslore
1272 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 03:52:14
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Therise
Depends on who's giving the hugs.
How about me?
*looks the Sage up and down carefully*
Hmm... yeah, you're alright. But don't muss the hair.
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Galuf the Dwarf
Senior Scribe
USA
616 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 06:19:15
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I'd also put my vote in for Artemis Entreri... the guy was abused by his father, molested as a boy, and sold into slavery to a pedophile! 
Just thinking about that either makes me want to cry (especially the molestation part) and/or hear "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. playing in my head.  |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 07:08:26
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I would also give Pharaun Mizzrym a hug. He lost the only drow he called "friend." Friendship among drow is an alien, abstract thing. Right when he more or less grasped the idea of a "friend," he lost Ryld. Plus it's quite difficult to deal with a mistress [Questhel Baenre] who thought nothing of him except as a discardable implement. |
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Lady Shadowflame
Learned Scribe
115 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 07:13:40
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Originally posted by Galuf the Dwarf
I'd also put my vote in for Artemis Entreri... the guy was abused by his father, molested as a boy, and sold into slavery to a pedophile!
Just thinking about that either makes me want to cry (especially the molestation part) and/or hear "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. playing in my head.
Plus life on the streets of Calimport, struggling to survive there.
Anyone who's read the Artemis short story 'The Third Level' will have seen that bit of his life.
There's a rather sad bit in it where he sees some kids playing catch with a pebble, laughing and having fun, and realises they're close to his own age. And the realisation actually causes him pain, for a moment. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 15:35:19
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Originally posted by GMWestermeyer
Old School FR fans?
I think we need some hugs...
Hear hear!
Cheers
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 15:53:55
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| No one wants to hug Mirt the Moneylender or Samas Kul? Big boys need hugs too. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36803 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 17:11:25
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Originally posted by entreri3478
No one wants to hug Mirt the Moneylender or Samas Kul? Big boys need hugs too.
Mirt has Asper for that. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 17:18:13
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Mirt's a successful loan-shark and smuggler, think about what that means. Samas is just repulsively grotesque in both appearance and manner, not to mention also a dangerous scheming evil Zulkir.
I have little doubt that there's no shortage of hugs available to similar characters in our world, say fellows like Al Capone and Ron Jeremy. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 17:36:47
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Originally posted by Ayrik
Mirt's a successful loan-shark and smuggler, think about what that means. Samas is just repulsively grotesque in both appearance and manner, not to mention also a dangerous scheming evil Zulkir.
I have little doubt that there's no shortage of hugs available to similar characters in our world, say fellows like Al Capone and Ron Jeremy.
Lol thanks! Now when reading the last 40 pages of Unholy i will picture Ron Jeremy as Samas Kul casting spells. Gross |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 17:44:36
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I would love to see Lallara hug Samas. |
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Thelonius
Senior Scribe
Spain
730 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 17:45:39
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| Also, now thinking of it I think Mrelder, the kid from City of Splendors, who for some reason reminds me of Gareth from the Sovereign Stone trilogy would have done far better with a big hug... |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 20:04:39
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Originally posted by Dennis
I would love to see Lallara hug Samas.
Not sure if her arms would be able to fully reach around |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2011 : 23:01:53
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| Hell hath no fury like a tiefling scorned, they say at my table. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Galuf the Dwarf
Senior Scribe
USA
616 Posts |
Posted - 10 Sep 2011 : 04:06:29
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Originally posted by Lady Shadowflame
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Originally posted by Galuf the Dwarf
I'd also put my vote in for Artemis Entreri... the guy was abused by his father, molested as a boy, and sold into slavery to a pedophile!
Just thinking about that either makes me want to cry (especially the molestation part) and/or hear "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. playing in my head.
Plus life on the streets of Calimport, struggling to survive there.
Anyone who's read the Artemis short story 'The Third Level' will have seen that bit of his life.
There's a rather sad bit in it where he sees some kids playing catch with a pebble, laughing and having fun, and realises they're close to his own age. And the realisation actually causes him pain, for a moment.
*sighs, and tears start rolling down his cheeks* How sad.
But yeah, I've come from a background myself where my own father was seriously physically and emotionally abused himself, so I see something like that (of my father) in Artemis, and it just seriously brings tears to my eyes (like it is at the moment)... That, and so many of my friends (and my girlfriend) come from broken families. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 10 Sep 2011 : 04:25:58
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Originally posted by Thelonius
Also, now thinking of it I think Mrelder, the kid from City of Splendors, who for some reason reminds me of Gareth from the Sovereign Stone trilogy would have done far better with a big hug...
I wanted to kick him! |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 10 Sep 2011 : 04:31:00
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Dennis
I would love to see Lallara hug Samas.
Not sure if her arms would be able to fully reach around
Given how much she loved the obese zulkir, I bet she'd say something like, "Oh, Samas, dear, you better transmute your fats to air so they could dissipate and then I could hug you properly." |
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Who in the Realms "just needs a hug"?
