Meet the Team, Vol. X

Greetings Dev Log Readers!

This entry of the dev-log interviews and visits with a recently returned player and WL, Honora. She took some time for RL a while back and as she explains below has found her zest for Layo in all her previous capacities now that life has settled again!

rowana: So first of all, and I know ladies don't always like to answer this, so feel free to be vague: How old are you?

Honora: Ah, that question never bothered me. I'm 42. I may act 15, but my body reminds me daily that I am in fact, 42.

rowana: Hehe. Terrible how that works. Where abouts do you live currently?

Honora: I'm north of Philadelphia, in a house we just bought. I love snow (sorry Minerva!) and seasons so North is where I want to be. Especially after suffering in Florida for 20 years, with my perpetually not-bikini-ready body and loathing of bright sun.

rowana: Congratulations on the house! Hope things are settling well.

Honora: They are, thank you. A bit expensive but it's nice to be Home.

rowana: Good to hear. You've also recently returned to active player status after a long hiatus due to RL (which we are glad to see of course!) Can you tell us a little about your Layo self? How long have you been around these parts and who do/have you played?

Honora: I began Layo after playing all three of the original Neverwinter Nights modules and a good number of the player-created ones. I actually stumbled on Layo first, and used an old Dungeons & Dragons character - Honora, a half-orc monk - as my first submission.

Honora: This was before Aeridin did away with all that half-race nonsense, of course. Honora has been my main for the last three years I've been on Layo, and has done quite a bit. She became a World Leader after aiding Estibana and also an adviser to King Briant of Erilyn on Alindor. She's been a huge amount of fun to play.

Honora: Honora is blunt. I'm more of a diplomat at heart so it is always a relief to play someone who does not need to have those inner monologues that we all do.

Honora: Honora adopted children over the years, and almost married once and did marry finally a gent named Caighd Brendimeere - you might know him? :). I'm now playing Genna, one of her daughters, as the poor lady herself is 62 and quite busy with her advising duties.

rowana: No idea who that guy is. Heh.

Honora: I also play Corba, a priestess of Lucinda who is married to my husband's character Galan, who is also a priest of Lucinda. So that's always fun!

rowana: Alright, and the last requirement to your credentials... okay really we just want to know: What is (one of) your favorite memories of playing here at Layo?

Honora: I have fond memories of Eorendil's Elemental quest series - that was so well done, so much fun, with such great groups. Corba was able to really shine in those. And, of course, Minerva's Estibana series for the sheer weight of lore and history she put into it. I loved peeling back the onion layers, working with other players in and out of game to unravel the riddles and puzzles.

Honora: And, of course, there are some wonderful people here on Layo that I was excited to come back and talk to after my hiatus - players like Ferrit Pandorn (and Kyle if I can ever find him on), and
Nehetserev/Emwonk, and Ben Poetr, and the player of the druid formerly known as Drogo...I can't even name them all and I'm sure I'll meet new ones. And a quiet lady named Anna of course :).

rowana: Don't know her either! Heh.

rowana: So then, with your feet firmly wet again, you are also active on some of the teams for Layonara. Writing for one and the MMO for another? Can you tell us a little about what you are working on at present?

Honora: I am back, most definitely. I took a year off to get settled at a great, great job that I like going to every day, and to find and buy the house, and to just generally let my muse hang out in the beach of my mind sipping Mai-Tais and flirting with all the waiters (who all look like Tim McGee for some reason..).

Honora: But I digress. I am back, working at the moment on finishing up world settings and locations. I am fonder of doing long, detailed writing - Rael was 70 pages and Ed still hasn't forgiven me for that. So doing Kingdoms and such is fun for me.

Honora: I am on the MMO team, so when I'm done with World Settings I'll head back over there to do what's needed. I have a special love of creature descriptions as well but we'll see what's needed.

rowana: Well with everything you have going on these days, Work and work related, do you have free time and what are you doing with that time if so?

Honora: I am better with my free time these days. Another part of my hiatus was sheer burn-out; I was doing too much for Layo. These days I am allocating free time for writing, free time for reading, free time for watching the few shows I love - Castle, NCIS, and (shame) Glee.

Honora: And of course free time to play with my young man, who is turning 5 "next week" and will be turning 5 every next week until his actual birthday in January.

Honora: Oh, yeah, and my husband *laughs*.

rowana: Ah yes! Hehe. Well it is certainly good to see you back around, and glad to have your fingertips flying on behalf of Layonara again. Thanks for squeezing us into your schedule this week!

Honora: Thanks for letting me type at'cha!

We are glad to have Honora back and working with the teams again and are looking forward to both her writing and MMO contributions. As with our other interviewees, we may perhaps sneak back to check in with her at a later date!

~row, on behalf of the writing team