Save the Garden Gnomes Tuesday!

For crying out loud! Is there a classy bone in Darcy’s body??? Would she know classy if it walked up and popped her upside the head??? She was overheard Tuesday night in the Red Dragon Inn trying to get another jello wrestling event together. You know, some people work to find homes for orphans, some people fight evil monsters threatening to take over the city, some people try to stomp out poverty and Darcy tries to bring people together to drink copious amounts of alcohol and waste food by rolling around in it so that men can drool over her. Fantastic. And, of course, Dean was feeling the action. Ugh. To make matters worse she was actively promoting the event and trying to get women to sign up. AND IT WAS WORKING!!! We hear that even our adorable Amber started talking about wearing a bikini to wrestle around in some jello. Say it ain’t so!

It just seemed a night entirely based on drinking, debauchery, and dumb kids. Aaron rolled in trying to get people to vote for him as he campaigned on a platform of wet t-shirts, beer, and girl-on-girl action. Wonderful. We hear that Quinn eagerly agreed to support him. Big shock there. Maybe she and Dean are made for one another.

We hear that at least Susan was not feeling Aaron’s pitch for governor. She told him that wet clothes and politics don’t mix and that if he touches her he may not keep his hand. Awesome. That girl scores some major brownie points in our book!

It certainly doesn’t seem like this Kate would have anything in common with Fio… other than maybe that they have both banged Ali. Oh, come on. You know you think Kate has too! Anyway, it seems they’ve been getting along swimmingly. The pair were again seen chatting at the bar and then seem to be becoming fast friends. Since Kate seems way more normal than the people that Fio usually hangs out with, we’ve got to think that this is a good thing. Kate was overheard asking Fio when her due date is so we finally know when to expect the baby! Fio said late August or early September! A fall baby! Yay!

That mystery guy who we mentioned was seen with that Riley girl has a name and it’s evidently Daniel. The pair were seen chatting with Kendall (Yep, Kendall! Haven’t seen her around in forever!)  and we hear that he’s opening an Indian restaurant here in RhyDin! Awesome! Give me some naan and kadai chicken and I’m one happy boy! We can’t wait until that place opens up. He seems on the surface to be a pretty decent catch. A man that can and is willing to cook definitely deserves a second look. If you ladies are interested you better get a move on. It sure looks to us like Riley is getting ready to lay claim on him…. if she hasn’t already!

Duci looked on in a mixture of horror and amusement as Crazy Train Tara roasted a gnome and then fed it to Sal…. in the middle of the Inn. That odd combination of horror and amusement seems to follow Crazy Train Tara wherever she goes. We understand that Darcy was actually seen carving the gnome like a turkey. OMG! GNOMES HAVE FEELINGS TOO!!! Some celebrity should take “Save the Garden Gnomes!” on as their next big publicity stunt — eh, we mean “charity project”, of course.

Thorne was seen calling on Twilight Island Tuesday night. We hear that he was overheard trying to come up with a nickname for Esperwind. Ehhh… probably not a good idea. One of his friends should clue him in on Esper’s reputation. He’s not a nickname sort of guy. We do have to admit that we’re glad that Esper’s back but we’re waiting on pins and needles to see who he will lay into first! If Thorne’s not careful, it may very well be him!  Our sources spotted him in a ring at some point with Archmage McPretty (we just had to steal the nickname Harris gave her) Sivanna! What an interesting match, no??? It seems she and that husband of her’s, Alec, are still doing well. Bummer! We still have hopes that someday she’ll realize that she’s desperately in love with Neo.

Edited: April 1st, 2010

Winter Talon of Redwin!

The Talon of Redwin Tournament, in honor of the GREAT former Overlord Siera Redwin, is the perfect time to witness some of the Arena’s hottest new talent go head-to-head! To make it even better the tournament is sponsored by Red Orc Brewery which makes Badsider Brew! The Arena’s hottest young talent dueling their hearts out + the title holders watching for their new competition + Badsiders flowing freely = an excellent night of drama!

Kalinda was on hand to watch the event but this was the first time she was not eligible to enter herself as she has just recently rose to Warlord status. That didn’t keep her from being an active participant, though. With rumors abound that she has her eye on Roderick, she announced herself as the prize of the first round match-up between Roderick and Porthos. Roderick won that one amidst quite a few comments from Kalinda about how good his legs looked in the kilt he was wearing.

Rhaine was in the competition and rather confused as to why some in the crowd were a little afraid of her. After all, she claims that she’s harmless despite enjoying a bloody snack and having fangs. You know what we’ve learned? Don’t trust anything that may see you as a snack. And if they ask you to climb into their oven to clean the spot in the very back??? DON’T DO IT!!! She does have a big fan in Napoleon who was overheard saying that Rhaine always makes him great ice cream sundaes. Eh, we’re still not so sure! Maybe rat blood just isn’t very tasty!

We’re a little torn about children in dueling venues around all the blood, foul language, and violence but Rhiannon’s daughter sure is adorable! We hear that Rhiannon was there with her preschooler to cheer on her friends. The girl fell asleep pretty early into the rounds and Rhiannon held her while she slept until the end of the tournament. Adorable! We just have to wonder what happens to these kids that become so desensitized to all the violence! Although, Rhiannon herself grew up around the rings and seems perfectly well adapted. In fact, she seems more normal than most in RhyDin!

What is going on between Archmage Sivanna and Sullen Sal??? She was overheard asking Harris the night before if he had seen Sal and then last night seemed a bit concerned when she herself saw him in the Annex after his exit from the Talon tournament. We hear that they were seen having an intimate chat but we have no details what they were talking about. Curious, no??? We cannot figure out what the common link between the two of them is. Do any of you have any details???

Rekah showed that her amazing Madness run is no fluke by putting in quite the performance! She made it into the final match but was not able to get past Roderick. He took the 5-3 win in eleven rounds in the finals and became the Talon of Redwin!

Congratulations, Roderick!

Edited: March 29th, 2010

P-IMP for Overlord Thursday!

Our sources spotted Wolvie and Aly in the Red Dragon Inn for the first time in FOREVER! Really, it’s been far too long since we were subject to her craziness. This has got to be the longest engagement ever… or did they elope and not tell anyone? Nah! Aly would never do that to us! Anyway, we hear that Lang made some rather choice sexual comments about Aly…. and while Wolvie got grumpy about them he didn’t do ANYTHING! Seriously??? What happened to the days when a guy would knock another guy on his rear for saying something about what sexual positions his girl enjoyed? We hear that they did combine forces to mock Lang out of the Inn. Fine, fine. But either get into a nasty argument with one another, sucker punch a guy for messing with your girl, or get married already!

Are we really supposed to believe that Allan and Bee have no interest in one another beyond friendship??? Really??? You could cut the sexual tension with a knife. Not only have our sources continually spotted them together laughing and bordering on flirtatious since they met but he was seen introducing her to his friends Thursday night. We here that he introduced her to Mack who was quick to kid the couple about getting married. See, even clueless Mack sees it! Speaking of clueless Mack, we hear that she was seen later in the night getting close with Danny. It seems these two aren’t even hiding their attraction to one another anymore. You just can’t trust the men in this town to stay loyal! We hope that Lizzie comes back soon because she WILL go medieval on someone’s ass!

Imp was calling matches in the Arena and somehow managing to be even more obnoxious than usual. It seems that he was pinning pretty much everybody with “I HEART IMP FOR OVERLORD!” pins, including the Overlord’s loyal barons and Wrecking Crew teammates. Yet again, however, nobody took a swing at him despite his antics. One of these days Imp’s going to take a beat down. We’re just not entirely sure who it will be that will eventually snap.

Our sources overheard Sarah asking Kalinda if she wanted to “get [Sarah] warmed up”. We’re pretty sure that more than one jaw in the placed dropped clear to the floor. Then Kalinda was overheard saying that she would inform Imp of their intentions. Oh, we bet that’s some action that the P-Imp would want in on! Evidently the two girls were just talking about a duel, though. Total bummer.

Well, Kalamere has now slept with the easiest baroness of the bunch in Lil’ Black Book Jaycy and it seems he’s now moving to the next of the baroness triumvirate in Slutty Pirate Girl Teagan. The pair were seen chatting together for quite a while and the innuendos were fast and furious! Are we the only ones that feel like Kalamere is up to something but just can’t quite figure out what it is??? Is there a political motivation behind why he seems so set on seducing and bedding the baronesses??? Or is he just attracted to women who hold titles in the Arena??? With three very different personalities and three very different looks (a short redhead, a tall blonde, and an average brunette), it’s not like they all fit the same mold. Any ideas???

We were thrilled to see two off-the-wall nut jobs who we haven’t seen in some time in Crazy Train Tara and Sullen Sal! Sullen Sal seemed set on one thing and one thing only for the night — busting heads. Tara, on the other hand, was pretty well occupied with a slave boy who was missing a tongue. Evidently the slave was a gift from Dawn. Yep, you read that right. Dawn. What wife would give her husband’s mistress a present??? If we were Tara we’d be a little nervous that this slave might kill us in our sleep! Tara’s behavior got increasingly odd through out the night as she has the tendency of doing. Sal was seen laying one heck of a kiss on her and at one point Lucky Lawyer Lucien even had to talk her out of killing another patron. Just another day in the life of L.L. Lucien!

Edited: March 28th, 2010

Dumbo Wednesday!

So Allan took a giant leap in our view of him by having a very fair and balanced view of what we do here at the Den of Gossip. We don’t particularly expect everyone to like us but you have to know that if you’re going to act like a moron, we’re going to write about it so don’t blame us if we laugh at you. He really seemed to get that and was relaying it to Bee (Yep, he was seen with her again!) in the Red Dragon Inn Wednesday night. Dean, of course, didn’t get it and whined and complained. Dean might look good in a pair of jeans but he’s no mental giant. We hear that he even called our blog boring. Then why are you reading it, dumbo??? Dumbo Dean. Actually, that kind of has a nice ring to it. Anyway, we like this Allan and Bee pairing. They look cute together! Let’s see if they have chemistry now!

Who is this slutty Aolani girl and why in the world is she all over Harris??? It’s not just that he’s married but… well, IT’S HARRIS! When did Harris become a ladies’ man all of a sudden??? It’s really starting to freak us out. Harris definitely seems interested but we hear that he’s trying very hard to remain loyal to his wife. He could… oh, I don’t know… STAY AWAY FROM HER! But we all know he won’t. Moths to the flame. Just moths to the flame. Anyway, Aolani in her equally slutty friends gathered for a game of “I Never”. The only one of the group that we recognized was a big boobed blonde named Alice. It seems that they had it out to get Harris drunk for each question was pretty Harris specific. We hear that they definitely got him drunk… and, of course, where there is drunken debauchery in RhyDin Lil’ Black Book Jaycy is sure to show up! She showed up briefly to watch the game and she and Aolani took the opportunity to shovel on the innuendo between the two of them. Le sigh.

A crowd gathered on Twilight Island to watch the match between Guill and Misty go down for the Tower of Air. There wasn’t a whole lot of drama outside of the rings happening. The crowd seemed pretty focused on the match at hand. Misty won the first match, lost the second, but won the third to become the newest keeper. Kelathe and Neo were on hand to congratulate her and we hear that nobody was more surprised by the win than Misty herself. Congatulations, Misty!

The Outback seemed to have a really odd vibe about it last night. Kalamere even commented on it after Teagan (yeah, big surprise — Kal was hanging out with a baroness) started acting strange and headed out with barely a word to anyone. We hear that she even refused Kalamere’s offer to walk her home. It’s definitely not like Slutty Pirate Girl Teagan to decline the opportunity to spend a little bit of alone time with a handsome and famous duelist like Kalamere. It definitely makes us a little curious!

Anyway, we hear that FLAWLESS Koy was not so flawless once again. She was actually seen walking BAREFOOT through the Outback. YUCK! She spent some time sitting on the couch with Kheld who was calling duels before going to Matt’s office. Our sources report back to us that Matt led her out of the Outback a short time later and he seemed a bit concerned over her behavior as well. Anybody know what’s going on with Koy??? We have our sources working double time on it!

Maria seemed to thoroughly tick off Mini-Franker Cor and his new girl, Delphi. It seems that Maria wants Anubis to GIVE HER Delphi as a “present” for Maria’s past and future loyalty. Now Anubis is always on the hunt to keep his past loyal barons and on the look out for future loyal barons…. but giving slaves out as presents??? We’ve heard the Crew quoted saying a lot of ridiculous things but this is certainly up there on the list. M-F Cor and Delphi were none to pleased, particularly when Maria told M-F Cor not to date girls who aren’t smart enough to stay out of the slaver’s way. Anybody else starting to get the feeling that M-F Cor will end up dead at the end of this whole ordeal??? Delphi’s cute and all but she’s not hot enough to die over!

Although, after how Anubis treated Delphi later in the night, we have a feeling that they’ll regret being so quick to get pissed over Maria wanting Delphi to become her maid. We hear that Anubis showed up at his nastiness later in the night.

Cas showed up with Rekah for a bit and they were seen munching on fruit and chatting with Sullen Sal. The whole thing still freaks us out a bit. It’s like if Lucky started dating Taneth… well, we suppose Bekah is that far removed from Taneth. Anyway, it still make us uncomfortable and Sal didn’t seem to be doing ANYTHING to stop it. Gah, Sal’s worthless when it comes to protecting Rekah. We’re left wondering YET AGAIN where in the world is Sinjin Fai???

Edited: March 25th, 2010

Naughty Friday!

After a pretty quiet week, the Red Dragon Inn was at least a bit busy Friday night. Rumor of these beasts has everybody a little bit antsy and we’re hearing that more than one mage is taking the opportunity to lay low. As many know, the interns and I aren’t exactly without a bit of magic ourselves. We’ve decided to hunker down in the Den of Gossip until this whole thing blows over. Rest assured though, loyal readers! We will never abandon you without gossip!

One of the heroes we were hoping to see hasn’t abandoned the city showed up in the Inn Friday night! We hear that Awesome Alain was seen hanging out catching up with some friends with his girl, Sophie. They were heard discussing the issue only briefly but we’re told both of their companies have been pulling back operations in the city and sending their mages into hiding. Our sources say that after the Shamrock Shindig and the actions of a certain someone in his House, he’s decreasing his presence in the city in part at least to keep the city from turning on them over the incident. If he’d like to keep public opinion in his favor he should find a way to destroy all the beasts! Back to his love life, though, for a minute. We’re starting to get reports that this thing with the Rhovnik girl may not be passing. Her family’s already pushing for marriage so if anybody wants one last shot at him they better do it quickly!

Ethan had a brief conversation with Alain that seemed to leave him a bit off kilter and was later seen in a booth catching up with Doc Eva. He definitely seemed a bit uneasy. Anybody else feel like Ethan’s hiding something again??? He should really just be completely honest because he doesn’t seem like he’s great at hiding stuff. They chatted about their significant others and how happy they are in their relationships (boooooring!) and also addressed Ethan’s brother (so sad!). It was certainly good to see both of them hanging out. It sounds like Ethan’s going to try to spend more time in the city so that he can see Maeve more often. He definitely seems to be putting the effort into making their relationship work. Good for him!

It seemed the night for Eva to catch up with her male friends as she was later seen congratulating Lil’ Boy Blue Locke on his Madness win. Eva seems to have an awful lot of “platonic” male friends. ANYWAY! Locke was in quite the good mood and celebrating his victory over Napoleon as he had been down quite a bit but turned things around to win the match. Don’t let it go too much to your head, Locke. You just beat a rat who likes to have his belly rubbed and will do anything for candy.

Another night, another woman whose life Lucky Lawyer Lucien must fix. The kid version of Taneth was in the Inn munching on apples dipped in peanut butter. Lucky was overheard asking her if she has seen any of the other Taneths recently. She said that she hadn’t but couldn’t narrow down when it was she saw them last. What’s happening to her just gets sadder and sadder! Eventually it’s all got to work out alright…. right???

Crazy Train Tara was spotted for the first time since our return to RhyDin in typical C.T. Tara fashion. Our sources tell us she was wearing some sort of very revealing bikini. She, of course, was her usual self. She evidently was instructing kid Taneth on the finer points of capturing a butterfly and ripping off its wings. Nice. When the cute new girl, Aliss, showed some interest in being nice to kid Taneth, C.T. Tara let her know just how ancient kid Taneth really is. We hear that Aliss was a bit floored by the news. Poor girl. This is a strange town. C.T. Tara didn’t bother cushioning the blow because she was too busy arguing with Collie over which of them was the last to have set the Inn’s kitchen on fire.

Just another insane night in the Red Dragon Inn!

Things got started early in the Annex as dueling kicked off for the night with a challenge! Tormay faced off against the squire of the Old Temple district, Kalinda, for a shot at the Old Market barony! In an odd turn of events, Tormay actually decided to use the one match format to face down Kalinda. She kept her nose to the grindstone but in the end Tormay’s experience was able to bring the match home. So, unfortunately, we’ll have to go another day without an exotic dancer as a baroness! Such a bummer! But congratulations to Tormay!

…uh, does somebody want to tell us at what point Rowdy Rekah and Dawn became friends??? Sin and Sal disappear from public life and all of a sudden Rekah is dating Cas and is besties with Dawn??? Sure, we’ve said in the past that Sin and Sal aren’t exactly the world’s greatest role models but…. PLEASE COME BACK! You guys can’t let this happen to Rekah! Our sources report back that Rekah and Dawn were discussing horses over drinks. We’re completely icked out by this news.

Kalamere was overheard making dinner plans with yet ANOTHER baroness. This time it was Maria who he was showing interest in. It’s only a matter of time before he’s bagged all three baronesses. It’s a bit risky of the former Overlord to set his eyes on the current Overlord’s girl, though, no? We don’t think Tical will be as understanding about Kalamere banging his girlfriend as Pslyder was. After all, Jaycy is sort of community property. On the other hand, maybe Tical is getting used to losing his girlfriend to over the hill duelists. Yep, I went there!

We have a pair of candidates for this year’s most ridiculous newlyweds! Harold and Scotty! After their antics Friday night, they may take the hands-down win! Our sources claim that there was quite the ruckus in the Marketplace and when people began to investigate they saw a pair of young strapping men having sex on the roof of one of the buildings. Yep. You read that right. Our sources tell us that it was, in fact, Harold and Scotty. To follow up their naughty evening, they showed up in the Annex with their clothing in a state of disarray to partake in some violence…. because who needs cuddling when you can beat on people???

Edited: March 21st, 2010