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As it says on the tin, I need an opinion...at that point, I intend to change up the priest a bit, dependent on when I get pocket change to spend on anything besides the subscription - probably not until my birthday, which is in June. The idea that sprang readily to mind was resurrecting my former Forsaken shadow priest and mad scientist, Sekhesmet of Stratholme; anyone who remembers Sekhesmet may be aware of just what kind of loon you'd be getting. Sekhesmet's soul is kept in a soul shard locked up in Watch HQ, after it was taken out of Shankolin during his and Rakeri's mutual imprisonment period, but that will change at some point in the (hopefully) near future.

The options I am considering at the moment are:

1)Resurrect Sekhesmet as a full flesh-and-blood human, after taking control of Shankolin's body upon his death (Shankolin is consumed utterly by him). The really big problem with this option is that Sekhesmet is well-known as a Forsaken war criminal - and was also formerly a member of the Modas il Toralar, which would especially earn him the attention of the Pia Presidium, as well as his personal squabbles with Genevra and Conclave (and by extension, Kordrion and Terra Incognita). It may be resolved by an alias, but like Saavedro/Shankolin, the truth will out eventually.

2)Change the priest back to Horde, undead - either as Shankolin (falling fully to his own madness and corruption) or as a resurrected Sekhesmet. The state of Horde RP, and the lack of real cross-faction interaction in recent days, makes this far less than likely. Back when Sekhesmet was an active participant in RP, Horde RP was a bit more substantial than it is now, and we had regular interaction with the other side (even in a sort of "rawr kill them all" sense). Plus, there's no guilds left that would be fitting for a madman, with Modas having gone belly-up.

3)Scrap the Sekhesmet idea altogether, just kill him and Shankolin off entirely, and change it into something else. Leaning heavily towards draenei, especially in light of the coming expansion. Likely to be the option people suggest, but I wanted to check and see first...

Now I am aware that resurrecting characters is a really, REALLY big stretch, but - in my view, at least - the mechanisms for it are there, and it would just be a matter of acceptance. Again, there is a major hurdle for making Sekhesmet suddenly go Alliance, given that as a Forsaken, he had worked on the blight that was used to rather devastating effect at (among other places) the Wrathgate, Southshore, and Gilneas. In the end, it may just being a big to-do for nothing, and I just make the priest whatever else I decide on (again, leaning heavily draenei), but given that the changed fellow will eventually have to interact with the RP community at some point, I'd like to gauge it first.

Cheers,
- J.

An idea for keeping Sekhesmet.

Reroll him on the Death Knight platform, giving him the most "dead" visage possible. RP him as you said, Sekhesmet rebirthing from Saavedro either through Sek's own will or perhaps Saavedro completely falls to the madness, steals the stone back, and completes the ritual himself.

Either way, on the DK platform you could more convincingly RP yourself as Undead on the Alliance side, have access to three different undead minions, and still wear priestly attire.

... though you couldn't don the Priestly Tier sets and some of those look great in Shadow Form. :)

Personally, I like either your first or last options (resurrection into a human body, inhabited by the spirit of your evil, unhinged priest or resurrection as a death knight). I've met Rakeri and Calliannor, but none of the other characters you're writing about - so it's a bit hard for me to say definitively.

As far as "the truth will out" aspect of the first, Maybe it will, but that's really up to your character. If he's as evil and conniving (although insane) as you say... perhaps he's smart enough to keep it hidden and keep the heat away. It could be fun to play him as more of a manipulator rather than an instigator- if that's something that might fit him. If not, is it possible that resurrection restored a portion of his sanity?

The Death Knight option could be interesting as well. If he's reborn as a Death Knight, was he a part of the Ebon Blade? If so, does that absolve him of some of his previous "sins" in the eyes of the law? Could set up an fun RP with the more "good" aligned folks where they want to take action but can't legally.

I suppose it depends greatly on how much time and thought you put into the character. I won’t lie, I like option 1, I love a good villain if played well. They are the most challenging but can also tax others patience, so there is a fine line to walk. My main is one, but I try to conceal it. If you were to resurrect him, nobody is going to know who they are unless you actively let people know. Sure there will be some commotion when the soul stone comes up missing, but that could be explained by many factors.

On option two, there is cross faction RP but you may have to push it. B.net helps allot in this arena and in larger functions AAMS can be hired or come along to help translate. I have used AAMS, b.net and the forums for most of my cross faction RP. I have even gone so far as to bring an Alliance character to a horde function.

Option three would be the hardest. This would entail destroying the soul stone or dropping it off the side of Draeneor. That is where I would stop and think of the time you spent on the development and idea of the character. Is it really worth it to walk away from it all together?

In the end it’s your decision and I am sure the RP community will support you.

Cail is not me, lol - though I interact with him from time to time (and we're looking at more so, especially between Rakeri and Cail's warlock, Ravenblack).

Regarding the Sekhesmet-as-a-DK idea: Admittedly, the thought DID occur to me, though of course that would mean I would have to change that one...though Velenkayn has not had a lot of activity of late, as Rakeri here has taken the center stage. The problem is, as you pointed out, there's no access to the priest tier as a DK, and...admittedly, I am trying to get ahold of the heroic Firelands priest outfit (which I'd get a lot easier if I remembered to actually be ON for Celestyl's Sunday run, lol). I had actually hoped to get the Tier 12 armor with the priest when he WAS Sekhesmet, but never really actually got the time to run the instance. I had actually brought up the idea about another character to Genevra one day, and she reminded me that there was somebody - a priest or a warlock, I can't remember - in Conclave way back when who used an illusion to maintain a healthy human appearance even though she was undead. Perhaps it will be something along those lines?

The stealing the soul shard bit is also a plan in the works, with Rakeri's allies in Rise at Dawn. (I believe Tyvian was looking for Orwyn last night to work on such a scheme, as the other RaD folks were looking at raiding Watch HQ anyway. I just said "Hey, there's something I need while you're in there", teehee.)

And I do admit that the last option was more of a "last resort" idea, given that both Saavedro and Sekhesmet have had stories dating back to when I created them in mid-vanilla, almost nine years ago now (even though I've only been on an actual RP server for about the last 2-3 years). Saavedro would be done, at least; I had initially thought when I made him back into the priest that it would be the other way around, that it would be Saavedro that continued on, but alas, my love of villains has risen to the fore, heh heh.

Roll Horde!

*glares*

Do it!

Quiet, you! Back into your cesspool! *smacks Mormel*

Nyah! You haven't heard the last from me!

*scurries off while cackling maniacally*

04/25/2014 10:35 AMPosted by Rakeri

, and she reminded me that there was somebody - a priest or a warlock, I can't remember - in Conclave way back when who used an illusion to maintain a healthy human appearance even though she was undead.

I like that idea^

A thought on that, if you choose that route - Either keep Saav as is and change his hairstyle/color, and/or pay for an appearance change later on. However if you do pay to change perhaps contemplate swapping to a human female or a completely different race.
Why?
Just for a change of pace and its worth at least the thought if you do decide to pay for a makeover. Might make for an interesting story if the Soul Stone was stolen or dropped and Sek takes over a different body completely (on the priest platform of course). You could even go the Draenei route at that point :)
...though my money is always on another gnome, heh.

04/25/2014 11:29 AMPosted by Mormel

Nyah! You haven't heard the last from me!

*scurries off while cackling maniacally*

*sniff*
*sniff*

It suddenly reeks in here of cheap perfume,
*sniff*... rocket fuel,
*sniff*... and shame.

*cough, cough*... or perhaps that's just the cheap perfume.

Silly lawn ornament! My cheap perfume is rocket fuel!

Oh an' that's your shame that you're feelin'! The shame that you'll never look THIS good! Nyahahaha!

*does a smexy pose*

*sighs, ignites Mormel's "cheap perfume"*

Gnome biscuits! That was kinda rude of ya. Good thing as a fire mage I'm used ta bein' on fire.

If you're a fire mage, I'm a priest. *snort*

Well... you are wearin' a dress an' have a sneaky look 'bout ya so... yeah. I can see ya as a priest.

We'll work with you whichever way you want to go. So, it really boils down to what you feel most comfortable with. Zolara is resurrecting his evil goblin character to raise cain with Pia. Not sure if he is keeping him horde or going ally. Might want to send him and in game mail and see if you can work on something together if you want to stir up some horde rp. I wish Blizzard would move forward with the merger so we would have a more active horde side.

Regardless, Pia will support you with whatever you want to do.

Gen

I admit that Pia was the hurdle I was most concerned about. You've allowed me to breathe a sigh of relief.

Now it's just the matter of waiting for the money to burn. And for Ragnaros to - in the words of Mother Shahraz - "STOP TOYING WITH MY EMOTIONS!" and give me the last two pieces I need, lol.

Yeah, the merger is far overdue but RP Horde side is still pretty active if you know where to look. See?

*gives goblin hug*