Sign of playing too much...

I was planning to go back to Guild Wars only to make some of the loose ends meet: getting myself a Legendary Defender of Ascalon on my my account, buying the last three Tormented weapons I am missing in my collection, maybe Party Animal title...
I never, EVER suspected I'd end up in any kind of PvP, but there I was, first time in Heroes Ascent with a group or Ride the Lightning Elementalists: I started Thursday with Zaishen quest and stayed throughout the weekend for the special fame bonus. In the end, I am 50 fame short of rank 6 in just four days!!! And I can't help regretting I started doing it so late... I will barely be able to get rank 8 to put it in Hall of Monuments, and I might not make it to 9 for the awesome tiger emote... snif...

Anyway, I've really played hard during this weekend: like in my old days of no-lifing.
Sunday saw gathering of storm clouds and a storm woke me up in the middle of the night with thunder and lightning. I rose my head and thought Those RTL's are still kicking it off!* and went back to sleep. It wasn't until the morning that I realized how much I really no-lifed for that to be my only tought at a site of a storm!

* RTL - short for Ride the Lightning elementalists

When dreams come true

Finally!
When I first saw Nian back in 2007, I fell in love. While still playing Guild Wars, I always dreamed that one day, a Miniature Nian will be introduced for me to be able to carry it around with me all the time.
I must say I am wondering if some Dev was peeking on my blog and decided to grant my wish? Because there it was - 3rd birthday purple miniature!
If that is so, thank you!

(That's how my baby looks when he's pissed off)

I only have one problem with my Nian (whom I think I'll be calling Shiro) - he doesn't match any of my regular outfits :(

Some more God(dess) rubbed in...

...because I like it, because I'm (kinda) proud, and because my gl asked me to snap something that would fit into the Pantheon on our guild website. He wanted one with my class' God in the background, but unfortunately there's not a single statue of Lyss in any place that looks good. Apart from pre-, but my Goddess can't go back there. So I came up with something else...


I've also decided to catch my fully litten up Hall of Monuments


During the session, my Nix insisted on joining

I must say I'm a bit puzzled as to what to do now as I don't really feel attached to any of my alts.
Thoughts of Guild Wars 2 make me consider filling up the Hall, but this would require a considerate amount of farming. I'm also not thrilled with the tough that I can only put one item of a kind in my Monument of Valor (at least for one character) - o I spend all my remaining savings to get 6 more Torments, and then assign them to Cher? Or split them among my alts (I will never play [much] anyway)? What about armors? Do I buy all elite armors thinking of benefits in GW2?
Blegh.

The new God(dess)

And so, my ascension is finally complete. After nearly two years of being inactive, I've decided to finally catch those loose ends and finish what was started.

I tough it will make me more proud...
Maybe it's the fact that it took the one title is deeply despite to do so?
Drunkard and Indomitable Ale Hound are just... disgraceful... It makes me feel ashamed that I had to go through it to "complete" my girl...

Now aall I need is a Nian, and a name change

...and /aion emote..! If i don't manage to get one, I'll become DEEPLY depressed.

Saviour of the Luxons

Luxons, noble savages.
There are a few reasons to why Cher is helping them.
One, beautiful green lands and jade-frozen sea like in japanese traditional paintings. Loves.
Two, beautiful bauables and sexy yet comfortable clothes.
Three... sexy strong men that do not try to spend more time doing makeup that Cher.

Should have posted that quite a while ago.
Annother step towards the Farming God...

I don't miss Guild Wars... I am literally forcing myself to attend it sometimes to progress in my last title, but it ain't easy. And the title takes time.

Companion of the Luxons

Here we go again... But balance is the secret; who knows, maybe the Savior would bring peace between the Luxons and the Kurzicks

The reality is harsh, the Nomads are far more demanding than the Poets... Takes roughly three times as much to please them. Life of a Luxon Companion ain't easy... much harder than what the Companion of the Kurzicks has to put up with!

Just this one and one more to go..!

As you might have noticed, Cher is no longer the Disciple of the Fury... Fury favors Kurzicks, and Cheryl needed some Luxon aliance. And best aliance is one's own, so... the Dusk Order: Worlds End in Silence was born.

Finally, my cape is matching my dress..! I should have done it a long time ago...

Actually, I'm hoping to join Fuzy back once she becomes Savior of the Luxons... If Fury will still exist.

Savior of the Kurzicks

The Echovald Forrest...

For it's sake, I gave up my life. Day by day, night by night I guarded it's borders, I watched over it forsaking rest and sleep, protecking the Kurzicks and... Urgoz, whom I belive ain't dead, though I myself struck his trunk down.


For the sake of the Forrest.

Savior, they call me. She, Who Killed Gods.
Are all Saviours so alone? Tired? Have we all gave up our lifes? And for what?


It's time for me to leave The Forrest. I know it will prevail, for there is The Seed...

The Kurzicks must finally take care of themselves, and I am tired. So pointless was the chore, so heavy the burdens I carry.

She, Who Killed Gods.
She, Who Crossed The Gate.

And all I will miss, is Anja. Is she strong enough to carry her burden? The chosed child, Seed-bearer...

I will not turn around, I leave the Forrest today. Too many days and night I shed the blood, and now I must rest. And settle with the Gods.

Why I did the whole Kurzick track is beyond me. So many hours wasted...

Why am I still going for The Farmer God title, is also beyond me. I guess it's the human nature to long for God status, even in-game. Pathetic. But will make my Cherrie complete. And will look nice in here.

Btw, has anyone else noticed how prophetic the dialogue with Kurzick Scout at Melandru's is?

Connoisseur of Confectionaries

Strange spring... Cold northern winds blowing; both me and Cheryl felt the irresitable urge for sweets.

It shows, doesn't it?

...which gave me... Kind of a Big Deal lvl 5

It does smell nice :)

Now, for the grind-fest titles. But now as hard as I did with the previous 26, I need to focus on my studies and I can't spend all nights in-game. Just 4 more to go, should be like 4-5 events and done!

Yay :)

...which gave me... Legendary Vanquisher

Finally. I've spilled so much blood, took so many lives...

Bless the Souls I send to Chaos, as I used to say...

Tyrian Vanquisher...

All of Ascalon done in one nasty, sneaky, hidden run...

I'm so glad it doesn't seem I have to go back there anytime soon.

Late update notice

Aah I totally forgot... I have this baby for like one week+ but I didn't update my collection here... Maybe because I never get to use it ^^ but it's there waiting for me if I'm ever in a need for an offhand to my caster spear :)

Out of Control

Totally.
My purse hasn't been so empty for like, a year or so and I have never, EVER spent taht much before.
But I'm happy..! Finally, I'm on a way to a coherent, stylish image of my Cherrie :) Only, why does this cost so darnn much? >.<

Thankfully, there ain't many torments I could find a use for left..
But you never know.. I don't even like this shield's skin..... Hmmm ok, this is me being a fashion victim.

Bleed white to please the Bear!

I bought those cute torments matching my dress perfectly... only to let them gather dust, since recently I spend most of the time under Ursan Blessing...

Really... as a true Fashion Victim (who Cherrie always was..), I had to do something about it.
Obviously, I had to buy Tormented weapon for the Bear...
So I chose the Spear, it works as Caster weapon also :) Not as cute as Elemental Sword maybe... but still...
Get the sexiest collection or die trying!

Tormented...

If I am to spend, I'm gonna spend big..!

Tormented Weapons match FoW... and even more, they match Mesmers (Tormented Staff dealing chaos dmg... perfect match!).
So, thanks to Robin (again..!), I could afford one such baby and fully admire the beautiful ornaments on the head...

...as well as a matching longbow for luring. I love sets!
Gods, I'm spoiled, ain't I....

Mallyx the Unyielding

I must admit, I was never too fond of Domain of Anguish as it's not my idea of full-of-fun challenge (and as it's mostly too dark to see my dresses well...); I'd rather say, it was always irritating and frustrating, especially to a Mesmer who does not fit into any cookie-cutter build. Nor did I really like any of the Tormented weapons... I used to have other preferences (like Zodiac, Celestial or Platinium ones). Overall, I used to keep away from DoA for the sake of my sanity, time and fun gained from the game experience.

Hall of Monuments changed that a bit... I'm a Monument Bitch recently, shame to admit... and not having the statue of the Big Hairy Ape in there... well, I could live with that, but...

Fortunatelly, rest of my usual party group felt the same way: we had to find a way to beat Mallyx, at least once, for the sake of our poke-like collections. Thankfully, ANet did a lot of stupid inventions recently, one of which made it possible for us to clear DoA in 4 hours (not a bad time for first-timers, is it?).



Here is Cher with the dead Ape. Ugly, aint he?
BTW, why does one Margonite Lord look like an Ape, unlike all other Margonites?



And here is Gods-and-Beyond slaying party (from left to right; Mallyx does for the background):
Livia the Killer Decoltage, General Morgah, Robinnia, Cherrie, Gniewosz the Red Ninja, Kamyk, Sabath and Debianka.



And... well... I only have one question now...
I understand Mallyx is a Big, Fat Ape... but why in the name of the Gods do players have to suffer getting his favourite banana as a reward?? Seriously...



We might be doing Domain of Anguish some more as it lasts... It would be a pity not to collect those fancy hero armors etc... Besides, I've recently grown even more of a fashion victim than I used to be and now I'm dreaming of a fancy Tormented set for Cherrie... not that I suddently began to like the design... but onbe has to aim for something, rite? A Fast Casting staff and a nice luring Longbow would be nice...

So beware, Ape, and hide your bananas, because here we come!

Hall of Monuments

4th rank in Kind of a Big Deal bought the final (?)* form of the Monument of Honor in my Hall of Monuments and now, after beating Mallyx, it is complete in my eyes: all the Monuments I was planning to display are unlocked (only.. why oh why can't i rearrange them so that Mallyx is in the center, Kanaxai and Urgoz on his sides, and FoW and UW at the edge..? :( ). Sorrow's Furnance is still waiting to be unlocked, but we always find better things to do than that... Vanquishing Tyria for example, and now collecting DoA gems... Oh well, it has to wait :)

*Actually not final. One more title and I'll get a ray of light shining at the face of the figure. Tyria, here I come... slowly :)

Legendary Master of the North

Yay!
OK I'm off here, it's too cold...

Eternal Conqueror of the Underworld and Fissure of Woe

The hunt for monuments continues. There ain't much to do in GW anyways.

We decided to anwser Grenth's and Balthazar's calls and do some dirty work for them. FoW was... well, easy and not aesthetically fullfilling. Underworld was... tricky... but, to be honest, easy as well. Those darnn terrorweb dryers are no match for Spell Breaker, muahaha. And so, Eternity awaits me.. once more!

Urgoz Warren

I am forever tempted to explore slimy tombs and ruined gothic cathedrals.. I always wanted to beat Urgoz Warren just for the sake of the sights. It proved to be almost impossible if team is lacking one skill and one build... sucky. I hate places in GW taht require certain things.

Anyways, once we reqruited two trappers (bows to Andrill and Lisek), things went smoothly. Frankly, I almost wasn't needed there. I just stood there, looking stunning (as usual) and overlooking the rest of the party doing their job - exactly the thing mesmer is born to do ;) Urgoz himself came out to be a big mouthed... moron... he didn't have his guardian wurms to heal him... so once we realised we can skip them entirely and simply focus on the big plant, he quickly turned into a pile of rubbish (the one behind Cherrie on the picture). Cute, isn't he? And now the place is mine, all mine! Lovely :)