Belsambar

Belsambar (II)
(The) Suicide Mage
Created	March 22, 2001
Status	Active
Race	Human
Hometown	Kuroth
Classes	Mage Ranger Thief
Followed	Tripper Coleman Kerriariadne Cordir Cytoxan
Partner	Analay
Relatives	The Lin Clan - Most notably (adopted) brother to Lins Shon and Fei

Mud Contributions:

Per the player: Presently nothing tangible aside from random insanity, commentary and possible reasons for code alteration. Occasional bug finding!

03/05/2002 – Bardic Circle: “EXP”

by Belsambar Silverdyne Lin

Belsambar says (in common), '((To the tune of 'Glory Glory Halleluja))'.

Belsambar sings, 'I wear a fur bikini inside Molotov where it's hot!'
Belsambar sings, 'I wear a dragonskin cloak on the glacier where it's not!'
Belsambar sings, 'And sometimes in Safehaven, and sometimes in Kuroth....'
Belsambar sings, 'I jump right into battle with nothin' on at all!'

Aslan blushes.
Tranquility giggles.
Drystan chuckles, evidently amused.
Cordir averts her gaze.

Belsambar sings, 'Beware the fido's and the stray cats!'
Belsambar stage-whispers, 'You know how they are with dangling objects...'
BR> Tranquility coughs.
Tranquility laughs.
Jet giggles.
Tranquility stares at the sky.
Drystan snickers softly.
Jet holds his ears.

Belsambar sings, 'And don't even think about the vampire bats.
Belsambar stage-whispers, 'Two words: No Comment.

Cordir eeps.

Belsambar sings, 'XPin with me can be a REAL blast!

Tranquility laughs.
Drystan coughs.

* BOOM! *
Something lured here by Belsambar *** ANNIHILATES *** you!

Belsambar sings, 'With Nothin....'
Belsambar sings, 'Onnnnn.....'

Aslan giggles.
You snicker softly.

Belsambar sings, 'Attttt....'
Belsambar sings, 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!'

Drystan applauds Belsambar's actions.

Current Description:

You see a fairly tall man before you. With two
swords strapped to his hips, and covered in scars,
scorch marks, and acid pits in his clothing, he
wipes some blood off of his forehead, and cracks
open a bottle of some potion labelled 'Coke-a-cola.'

As he lights a Cigarette made by some halfling named
'Marlboro,' you hear his deep voice slowly break into
a song you've never heard...

"Don't look me at like
I am a monster
Frown out your one face
But with the other
Stare like a junkie
Into the TV
Stare like a zombie
While the mother, holds her child
Watches him die
Hands to the sky cryin,
"Why, oh why?"

'Cause I need to watch things die
From a good safe distance
Vicariously, I
Live while the whole world dies
Live while the whole world dies
You all need it too - don't lie."

With this, he stands and makes a strange gesture,
grinning rather bizzarely as he fades out of existance,
his piercing dark blue eyes the last to fade.

Belsambar seems increasingly wise for his age.
Belsambar wears the sigil of the ChaosKnight.
Belsambar has a (dusty) small silver tiger worn about the neck.
Belsambar wears a (dusty) small black tigereye pin inscribed 'The Black Tiger'
Belsambar wears a small tag on his ear labelled "Property of Analay"
Belsambar holds a placard saying "Reality is just an illusion created by lack of alcohol" in BOLD letters
Belsambar wears a grey feather with 'SUICIDE MAGE! SUICIDE MAGE!' written upon it from behind his ear.
Belsambar puts Mystaya's soul and contract in a cloth baldric, draped over the shoulder.
Belsambar is the second half of the GnoMage Alliance!
Belsambar strikes you as someone who would be handsome if you liked 'rugged'.
Belsambar leads a charmed life.
Belsambar is in perfect health.

WHO Lists:

Hum [    Ra:17 Ma:20    ] Belsambar Lin Bloodstar: Skeeve's translator...Tiger  (Oct 1, 2001)

Character History:

A strange looking man, covered in scars and well worn eq, though it seems to be fairly new, stands here, smoking a cigarette. "Ahh! So you've come to hear my tale have you?"

His tale? What could this freak have to say that'd be the least bit interesting? Intrigued, you nod, and sit down on the toadstool that seems to have popped up as he waved you to a spot to sit.

"Well, then, let me introduce myself..." The man smiles, and you feel a wash of emotions and intents...feelings of joy, anger, rage, pain...as well as intents to help, heal, hinder, and kill....you swoon for a moment as all this starts to fade, and your gaze meets his.

The man chuckles. "You need more training. Oh well, we'll get to that later....let the story begin..."

"Back in the 'Middle Age" as I call it, I was still new to this realm. I'd been traversing various dimensions for so many millennia, and never quite found anything like this one. It was unique. So I decided to stay and learn more. Amongst that time, I learned of death in this realm. Now, I was never any stranger to death, it's been a favorite past-time for forces of evil to try to kill me. Sometimes, they even succeed. Yet, for some reason the 'laws' of this reality were forcing me to have to start over from scratch. Me, of all people! Now, I don't mind training up new arts to add to what I know, but no matter how hard I tried, my former knowledge wasn't enough."

"I died many times, in a short span, and learned a few ways of the realm. Around that time, I met Tripper, and became friends with him, although he had ascended to the rank of Demigod. He was very kind, and he had as many interesting stories to tell of the earlier ages. Yet he never tired of hearing of my exploits about the various realities, though sometimes he couldn't truly believe them. I can't blame him, sometimes I wonder how much of my memory is real myself. Time went by, and eventually I decided it was time to return to my wanderings. And time to go home. Which I did. I'd spent a couple hundred years studying this realm, it was only fair that I returned to the old Inn to tell some of my compatriots of this realm. It took me a week before I remembered that some had already visited, but everyone seemed fairly interested anyway. I went back to my random views of various realities, and one day, I returned to the Inn....to find it empty."

"It dawned on me a little too late that maybe I shouldn't have crossed the brightly colored trails surrounding my 'home'. About 5 seconds too late. Next I knew, all was pure chaos. The pain was astounding, and rational thought completely out of my reach. Nothing but void and energy....and me. Who knows how long I remained trapped there. Could have been an eternity, could have been a week. I do remember though, feeling someone calling for me... from this very realm. I didn't think it was possible, part of me leapt for it, and part of me recoiled...the beginning of my shards. I split, broken, and those pieces of me that reached towards the call found themselves recombining into a vague semblance of myself....in Tripper's temple. It was he who pulled me from the void...as I hadn't shown myself to this realm as I'd promised I would to exchange more stories. I was alive, not that that mattered to me, I'd died so many times throughout my previous 23,000 years, or so, that death had long since lost all meaning. Why worry about death when it doesn't seem to stick?"

"But I learned of new troubles with my situation. I'd lost EVERYTHING I'd gained in power, most of my memories were broken, and what little I could claim of my power and skill was in ruins. So I started anew. And I learned. And explored.

I found Dragon's Lairs, and demonic hoards. I slaughtered many, often with assistance from those around me, such as Skeeve, Athorne, Khorlan, Wistom,Fei, Lins, Shon, and Noctus. And many others. I also died many times, slain by those same hoardes, or their brothers, all too eager to exact revenge upon me when I ran into them."

"As I learned, I grew in powers and skill. Eventually, I learned how to use death to my advantage, using it to place me in strategic spots I could return to amidst the most vicious of beings about the realm, grabbing whatever the goal was, a corpse, an item, whatever my personal crusade at the time was. Most people never understood the tactics, and merely called me 'The Suicide Mage'. I've heard even Slue cringes at my name after the amount of damage I've caused or brought about the centuries.

Time, and people, came and went. Tripper left the realm, having found a higher calling in another. I joined with Solanthas and his Wardancers along with many of my striped brethren, and was quickly tossed out by he too leaving."

"Then I met Coleman. He was newly returned to the realm, and I offered my services as his first follower. With Coleman's help, and my fellow Mirthites, including such as Arella, though she was young then when I trained her, and Schwartz, who was also an ancient legend reborn, I drove my mortal enemies to distraction. Few could kill me, fewer could catch me...Vex, the Ordained of the Goddess Bliss, was one of the most adamant about his attempts....yet he rarely succeeded. If ever. I'd learned well the tricks of the realm, the nooks and crannies most are scared to look for and even more afraid of finding, and used such places to hone my skill farther. Many I loved came and went throughout the times...Karalyn, one I raised from her arrival to the realm, who joined with my enemies, yet still loved me truly...Riella, an old friend, and former follower of Tripper with me, whom I also helped and watched grow from youth to legend, and finally, Analay, who was with me through my days as a Mirthite, and on past them when Coleman...disappeared. Leaving me, and all of the Mirthites, behind, with little explanation. My growth had neared it's pinnacle, and I was again alone."

”For a short time. For that was when Kerriariadne came to me. He offered me a home, friends, allies where I'd formerly had enemies. So I changed from the completely good natured soul I was, and allowed it to be shadowed, taken by the Glorious Darkness. I am by no means evil, but he taught me how to use my Darker sides to my advantage, rather than to my enemies'. I learned how to truly lead those about me, and worked hard amidst my suicidal tendencies to achieve more and more. Which often left me dead, repeatedly, but my dedication never wavered. I persevered, and moved on, slaughtering some, learning how best to bring down the Dragons with my longtime compatriot Rufus, with the skills and tactics taught to me by my elders. As the world changed, so did I, learning how best to stay in harmony with the realm about me.”

”Then Kerri too, was taken from me. And I found myself homeless once more, left alone and adrift, I wandered, and thought of possible paths. A couple decades servicing those younglings about me, and trying to lead them, though I later learned that the enchantments had not been finished by the Creator of the realm, Tynian. Though it pained me to have to abandon that which was giving me, and those younglings who were learning from me, hope for my own path, and theirs. having learned the enchantments were incomplete, I turned instead to one of the people in this realm I trust the most, the Lady of Fate, the Weaver, Cordir.

She had been leading my longtime friends, Noctus, Rufus, even Tranquility, for millennia. She knew I was 'broken', yet she accepted me for who I am, and what I've done. Now, I serve the Lady as her Blade. I am the sum of my past, the student, the trickster, the Master and Teacher. I am evil, yet good, yet neither....”

With this the man leans back and looks up at the sky. He seems to be...listening... to something....but you cannot make out anything unusual. That story....was that a story?

The Suicide Mage?

Something clicks in your memory, and you remember various stories about a man considered insane rushing against Dragons, death merely a tool to him. A man who seems to have no true family, and enemies in more places than most could imagine. And also as many friends. THE. Suicide. Mage.

You come out of your reverie and see that Belsambar is now standing, a concerned look flashing across his...rugged features....he seems less strange now, the scarring having lent it's own beauty to his already handsome face, upon closer inspection. You start to ask him...something....the thought flashes about your mind, but you're unable to vocalize, and speak it.

Belsambar turns to you and grins mischievously. "Well. Someone had an accident. Pardon me, I must be off before the Arch-Lich's minions beat me to the fray..."

His hands begin weaving a spell and his voice intones some keywords to a magic spell. A portal opens before him, and he starts to step through. He takes a quick look back at you, and winks. "Just remember. If you need help, I'm easy enough to find. Just look for anyplace recently scorched by dragonfire. Or other such calamities. They just seem to follow me around..."

His eyes glaze over, and he mutters something..."Ok, ok, I'm coming, I'm coming, it'll be alright..." as he walks through the portal, which snaps shut behind him.

You shudder as you recall some of his known ventures, things sung by Bards in taverns, the occasional painting of the Suicide Mage bringing destruction to a town as he runs from the source, trying his best to lead it away...of various warriors and scholars who claim he recovered such and such artifact for them, or recounts on how he'd saved their lives. Suicide Mage. Hell of a life, you think to yourself. If you can call it that.

The Suicide Mage, Belsambar Lins Silverdyne forma Bloodstar k'Sheyna k'Valdemar

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Black Tiger
Patron of the Red Dragon Inn
Chaosknight
Caramel Rage
Dangertwin v.2.0
First Freak of New Mirth
Property of Analay
DarkMirth Public Relations
Mystaya's Legal Council
Member of the Gnomage Alliance
Blade of Fate

Player Provided Information:

Cordir 11/22/2011

Oh lord. Belsambar. Interactions with him were always volatile, and he was extremely prone to diving into dangerous situations without warning, giving me heart palpitations. His heart was in the right place much of the time... even if his common sense wasn't...

Personal Timeline:

Belsambar (I) created in March 2000...let purge in July-August for being a level 9 with 25k tnl and over 100k total xp. 1st character that the player ever got to level 3+. Hence why said player remade him...


Belsambar (II) - The current incarnation. Created Thu Mar 22 01 19:23:30. The version everyone knows, loves...or hates.
03/26/01 - Belsamber Bloodstar levels twice to reach Ma:6
08/09/01 - Belsambar gets to second level ranger after dualling.
08/10/01 - Belsambar completes mobmaster 18. Belsambar gets a Mob Mastery for "Jack" and finds out the hard way it's NOT the mob you visit to dual
08/11/01 - Belsambar reaches Ra: 3 Ma:15, Belsambar gets MM#20, for the barfly, #21 for a guardsman, #22 - monkey, and levels to Ra: 3/Ma:15, Cordir holds an impromptu trivia contest was held - with over 75 questions asked. When all was said and done, here's how folks did: LeiLani - the winner with 15 points.Gup & Raile = 9 1/2 points each, Thingone = 6 points ( more, if he had answered on the right channel), Jaerith = 5, Kudican = 4, Legolas, Belsambar, Whoz, = 3, Rath, Scorpio = 2, Ephiny, Aslan, Eddy = 1. Thanks to all who participated!
08/24/01 - Belsambar slays a spiked caterpillar for MM#24 and 496 exp.
08/26/01 - Belsambar slays a ranger guard to reach level 5 ranger.
09/05/01 - Belsambar and Lins kill the Grand Master of Time. (later that day) Belsambar reaches Ra: 8 Ma:15.
09/09/01 - Belsambar reaches Ra:10 Ma:15. Belsambar posts a note about nicknames for ordains and Maimer posts a response.
09/10/01 - Belsambar completes MM#24, keeper of the lighthouse.
09/12/01 - Belsambar posts the results of his Rock 'n Roll poll.
09/14/01 - Belsambar posts the following note on Tripper's behalf. Belsambar reaches Ra:13 Ma:15.
09/17/01 - Belsambar reaches Ra:14 Ma:15.
09/18/01 - Belsambar reaches Ra:15 Ma:15.
09/20/01 - Belsambar Bloodstar reaches Ma:18\Ra:15
09/21/01 - Belsambar completes mobmasters 30 & 31.
09/25/01 - Belsambar reaches Ra:16 Ma:20. Khore runs a trivia contest and Mael is the winner, receiving two potions of his choice. Keat, Belsambar, Khorlan and Aleka all win minor prizes of a bless or heal potion.
09/29/01 - Belsambar gets his first 'certain death to attempt' mob mastery - an Incubus. He declines to make the attempt.
09/30/01 - Belsambar runs into Scriem and dies. Valo posts a kind of icky poem about lord nash, and Belsambar posts a response.
10/15/01 - Belsambar reaches Ra:18\Ma:20. Kantor, Grimace, Shailyn, Doza and Belsambar killed Kalena, and each gained 70 exp.
10/16/01 - Cordir rips out the sinews of Belsambar's arms and uses him as a marionette out of sheer annoyance.
11/03/01 - Belsambar gossips (in common), 'I smashed Rav's big toe with a my mace before I fled from him yesterday...' Belsambar completes MM#43 - Lylendil.
11/15/01 - Belsambar reaches Ra:21 Ma:20.
11/16/01 - Belsambar completes mobmasters 47 & 48.
11/20/01 - Sylt retrieves Belsambar's corpsefrom the 4th floor of Masters Tower, - A Blazing Inferno. Jonas, a newbie, gets booted off the boat with no ticket, no recalls, no fly potions, and no boat. Belsambar and others attempt to assist him, but it is Kaleyah of the Dark who Summons him to safety. Belsambar completes a number of mob mastery quests including mobm 51: Warrior Monk, #52: Orina, #53: Traveller, and #54: Odal.
11/24/01 - Belsambar dies on 5th floor of Master's Tower. Rather prophetically, Abe gossips (in common), 'Stinky and Vex commit suicide at Master's. Film at 11.' Mael, Vex and Abe attempt to recover Belsambar's corpse, and both Mael and Vex die. Mael CRs both corpses, then they head for the hills, leaving Abe behind in the Tower! (He walks out on his own).
11/25/01 - Belsambar participates in Cordir's Silly Weapons Tournament.
12/01/01 - Belsambar gets MM#55 - Emperor Salias
12/08/01 - (Belsambar uses his trick to sex change immortals...) Kerriariadne is sex-changed, becoming [ Demigoddess ] Kerriariadne Bala'Bandienne, Lord of the Dark.
12/27/01 - Belsambar gains MM#58 - an assassin for MM#58.
12/28/01 - Belsambar kills Miri for MM#51 and 1558 experience points.

• June 15, 2005 - Pitt posts a huge non-retirement note. Belsambar tries to get Pitt to marry him quick while he's sex changed to a she.<LOG>

Player Information:

I live in North Portland. Kaagor got me started in this game, I've gotten several people started since, including Rufus and Lycron. I'll probly update this at some point better than this, until then, just catch me in game!