For the past year and a half or so, everywhere I post, I use the same avatar.
So here’s why.
A long, long time ago — October 2006 to be exact — a friend hooked me up with a CoP static. We started with 6-4 Airship and went to the end. It was quite possibly the most fun I’ve ever had in this game. The group was fun, the Cut Scenes, amazing. We really bonded as a group for those few days.
It was four members of the Linkshell “Mercury” on Diabolos, and me, mostly a member of a small social called “UniversityFFXI“, and partially a member of the shell “PheonixPinion”. In the interest of not bringing up old drama, I had to leave PP due to completing CoP, and that’s all I’ll say about it.
It was a very fun group, and it helped that they had a lot of experience working together — and a KC DRK friend for the Tenzen fight :).
Anyways, as a part of the CoP 8-3 Mission, you have to get the “Brand of Dawn” and “Brand of Twilight” key items. These are on the second floor of The Garden of Ru’Hmet.
This is the start of the CS.
And here is the full screen from which my avatar was cropped.
If they never get another mention, here they are. These people were at one point, my friends. I do miss them.
Hemorabe — Now a Mandau Thief. Member of MercuryX, Phoenix server.
Silvez — Now a D Ring/Aegis/M Body Paladin. Member of MercuryX, Phoenix server.
Fleance — Now a member of Apocalypse, Diabolos server.
Jessi — who I have not seen in a long time.
I talked to Fleance a couple months ago. He’s in Apocalypse and doing well. Have not heard much from the others, but I only really talked to Hemo regularly of the other 3.
We were all in agreement though — we were all both happy, and sad, to be done with CoP. It was a fun experience, something I haven’t experienced since.
To remember this event, and the good time we had, I use the symbol for the Brand of Dawn as my avatar.
And that is the story.
-pyra
