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Quickbeak is one of my characters from way back in the day so I'm still around. I haven't played him much in a while, he probably should have died of old age by now but I still like him and keep him around. I've jumped on him a couple of times but haven't played him much lately. Last thing I think I did with him was give Xander the title Murderstripe for eating birds.

The last thing I had said about the leadership of the sparrows was that Quickbeak retired. Someone played a new ruler a long while back but they've disappeared so I assume the role would have passed on down the line with maybe one of his grandkids leading now. If someone wants to take them over they're welcome to it, whether that be by playing one of Quick's descendants (He had a habit of naming his kids after nuts or with the word nut in the name, he really liked nuts) or for someone new taking over.

I think some of the patrol was just there because the muck was quiet back then and most RP was happening around the abbey. The hares weren't the major group in that plot, the main focus was on the Abbey. The hares just happened to be there and involved so it could end up in the history Terrence is putting together.

In case I've missed anyone else from the other notes: I'm not downplaying or intentionally excluding the involvement of any groups or characters who were in those plots but I didn't mention. I literally just skimmed through my logs as fast as possible to pick out battles and tried to get the vermin group names, leaders and a general idea of what happened, where it was and which groups were involved. The patrol was not the major group in some of those plots, with the abbey ones they were often just in the area at the time.

Bludstripe was before my time, I just heard him mentioned a couple of times and the names used to be in the room desc for the Badger Lord's room so I found them there.

Brief history of the patrol based on what I could find with a quick look through my logs is below. I could post some old RPs though I imagine a lot are covered by old logs we've already got and I'd have to tidy them up a lot.
There'll be some gaps as I wasn't consistently RPing the whole time but here's what I found in terms of big events and fights and hopefully others can provide info on stuff I've missed:

Mid 2005 A group called the Bloodthirsters lead by a ferret called Daclon terrorised the shore for a while and then took over Halyard. They would wear the skulls of defeated enemies. They kept the village for several weeks but were eventually driven out by the patrol.

Early 2006 An exchange program was run with the Abbey where they exchanged some recruits and novices between the two places for a few months.

Mid to late 2006 The recruits and a lot of the patrol leave the mountain on a training exercise. The mountain was then attacked in the middle of the night and taken over by a group called the Peltreapers lead by Toroth the pine marten. Colonel Zoe_Lang lost an eye while captured. The recruits and other hares outside of the mountain snuck back in via the tunnel leading in to the underground spring that's mentioned in the books.

Late 2008 Some of the patrol are visiting the abbey when the ferret Ripclaw, pirate Captain of the Ravenwing comes to the area. Together with the 67th, Camp Willow and the Abbey they fight the vermin on the road.

Early 2009 Plague hits the abbey and anyone still healing from the previous battle on the road, eg Greg, gets caught up in the abbey's infirmary with it. A cure is eventually found in the form of a rare plant that a group from the abbey had to travel a long way to find. Description of the plague from the time:
It appears to be serious, spreading quickly. The illness appears to be extremely virulent, symptoms including fatigue and unpleasant feeling followed by aches, chills, mild fever, then much worse fever, deep hacking cough, and trouble breathing. So far it is spreading outward from the infirmary patients, to the healers, and to those who have contact with them. It has spread to the 67th, as well. Several have died.

Early 2011 The Black Rose group lead by Blackfur the cat kidnaps and enslaves beasts around Mossflower including the Champion from the abbey. Some of the patrol was again visiting the abbey and together with Camp Willow and the GUOSIM attacked the vermin's camp to rescue the slaves.

Mid-Late 2018 Ormaz and his his vermin besiege the abbey and the Patrol goes to help. Together with the combined forces of Mossflower they defeat the vermin but suffer heavy losses.

Late 2018 Ghost foxes do creepy things on the shore but turn out to be stabbable anyway and are taken out by the patrol.

Early 2019 Black Rose returns, this time to the Western Shore, lead by Melantha the cat. I think Hanzi joined them. The patrol attacked their base and killed Melantha.

Late 2019 The training exercise to the swamp goes wrong with frogs attacking and capturing several hares. The patrol rescue the lost hares and a little while later drag back one crazy Dom.

2020 The abbey dibbuns are taken and the patrol get involved in crossing the sea to rescue them.

I'm good with Greg getting promoted to Captain. Bonus is I stop having to try and remember how to spell Lieutenant XD

Sorry I haven't been around much lately too, hoping to be on for a bit tomorrow.

I'm sure Greg could have been taught to make them by the previous blacksmiths when he was learning. Maybe he can teach the next lot too.

Gregorian would like to be involved amongst the Long Patrols hares when they join the plot.

Adrian had spoken about the tenderfoot hares to joining in with the Redwall thing. I don't know if they'll be able to last minute put together arriving at the abbey if it's happening today.

We've now had a message from Elbio so I'm just going to copy it here so we have a record:
Its true Elbio is gone. please no one spood him he is my character...dont plan to return but see the forum post and decided best make a reply as no longer on forums...Elibo quit, he left. He abandoned the group and left to who knows where but please no NPC of me, thank you.

So that's what's happening with Elbio and yeah, best to just quietly disappear characters when people leave.

Regarding everything, I'm fine with the group going to Noonvale if people want to go there. Could someone write out the current plan and put it on the forum? Until recently I knew nothing about the group still going North as well.

From what I've seen the way that the plot has been running since Jinora has been absent has essentially seemed to be that people come up with ideas and when we're rping with their idea they organise things. I'm just mentioning this as Oz did a plot with the slavers which went very well. Going to Loamhedge is your story arc Adrian so you've been organising this and you can carry on like that if you like afterwards or if you don't want to organise things one of us can help. Don't feel like you have to do it if you don't want to! If more people have ideas for the group to do too I'm fine with that as well.

About the current plot. The plan as I understand it is Adrian and Monty get captured, which has happened. Then they'll either be rescued or get themselves out. There was never really a plan for what the rest of us were going to do and the rest of us is now just Sola and some spoofs. Now Elbio's gone I don't really have anyone to play with while you guys are caught so ideas welcome but I guess just give me a shout when she's needed and I'll play other chars in the meantime or provide vermin spoofs and try to figure out what Sola's doing in the background.

Lastly, we need to do something about when we actually get together to rp because there's been about 10 rps in the last 4 months and there's ages where nothing seems to happen and no one tries to arrange anything. I've only just joined this plot, it's fun but I don't want to be bugging people to continue with it, I'm really not comfortable doing that. Waiting until people happen to be on at the same time is just not working and probably won't unless everyone is prepared to sit online for hours waiting for everyone else. I tend to have to stay up very late to rp with you guys which I'm generally fine with if I'm going to get to play but I can't be doing it every day on the off chance people will get on. I just end up tired and cranky and feeling like I'm wasting my time if I do that.

I mean Sola has nothing to do currently anyway so rp when you like but if people don't want to plan particular dates can I just propose that we have a day of the week when we try and rp stuff and a time when we should aim to start that day? If someone couldn't make it that day it's fine and we just do something with whoever is there or rp on alts. If people are on other days we can do stuff then. It wouldn't be fixed in stone, it would just mean that we don't have to schedule stuff so much but that on other days I get to sleep.

I've joked about Greg becoming a General before as it was mentioned as an option when he was rejoining the patrol since he is in charge of the forge but it does kind of feel like it might be taking him out of the active patrol. It doesn't seem like they would usually to go out in the field, do the rescue missions and stuff. Granted they still can do them, just that if his main job is the forge he should probably be there rather than gallivanting across the land.
It would one day be a good way to get him to retire without actually retiring. Though even now the forge would be seriously lacking in hares if he did go out on a mission and die and he doesn't make it common knowledge but he does have pain issues related to his leg that he has medication for so him gallivanting off for unknown amounts of time is frowned upon by healers already. This doesn't mean he wouldn't still do it though.
The badger lord works in the forge too of course but I'd just been assuming that Greg's pretty much the last of the old blacksmiths and he's been trying to teach some of the recruits to become smiths with varying levels of success and burnt fur.

I'm just going to copy and paste all the page mails here as the muck only saves 10 of them at a time and there were a lot! It might make it a bit easier to remember what we're talking about:

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Terrence
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First off I'm P-mailing everyone to keep everyone in the loop (if I missed someone I'm sorry D: (And I'm doubly sorry Greg, Adrian, and Dom for Pming Alts but I want to make sure you see this ). In response to Zolomon's first P #mail about making Greg a mjr: before I say anything, I need to make it clear that I'm talking purely about RP/IC stuff and not OOC perms (because I have no clue about that stuff tbh ). I think because we have only like 6 players (7 including Elbio) in the LP, it might make more sense to just combine the two units into one patrol. That way, with the new recruits (and Dom), the whole patrol can nicely filled out instead of the barebones stuff we have RN... and technically there should be at least two sergeants under a Lieutenant anyway, so that wouldn't be a problem either.  So basically (without taking into account future promotions and stuff)  the IC/RP Patrol would look like: Mjr Varus, then Lt. G
(to Adrian, Dominik, Elbio, Felicity, Gregorian, Monty, Quinten, Sola, Varus and Zolomon)

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Terrence 
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(continued from last PM) --then Lt. Greg, then Sgts. Felicity & Terrence, then Corporal Zolomon (and Adrian if he gets back) + Dom, Elbio, Monty, Sola, and the other recruits split up between F's and T's squads.
(to Adrian, Dominik, Elbio, Felicity, Gregorian, Monty, Quinten, Sola, Varus and Zolomon)

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Terrence         
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As for the Tenderfoot stuff, last I heard the plan was for the recruits (Elbio, Sola, and others) to go to the mountain without Adrian and Monty after a visit to Redwall. That way Adrian and Monty are free to quest forever together without concerns of their unknown potential horrible demise back home (If I missed something or things changed, feel free to correct me guys cuz I dunno much about it XD)
(to Adrian, Dominik, Elbio, Felicity, Gregorian, Monty, Quinten, Sola, Varus and Zolomon)

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Terrence         
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Correction to my first PM: 10* players in total (I'm sorry I forgot you Quinton! plus Riley)
(to Adrian, Dominik, Elbio, Felicity, Gregorian, Monty, Quinten, Sola, Varus and Zolomon)

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Zolomon       
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I believe all was returning feom tenderfoot group.
(to Adrian, Dominik, Elbio, Felicity, Gregorian, Monty, Quinten, Sola, Terrence and Varus)

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Terrence       
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EHEM after talking to Varus, I heard Jinora is hoping to come back in the Summer - so please disregard my first PM, please! Sorry to spam you all!
(to Adrian, Dominik, Elbio, Felicity, Gregorian, Monty, Quinten, Sola, Varus and Zolomon)

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Elbio           
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I think when they get back to the mountain Elbio is gonna stay and be a private....he is likely a private by now but guessing that is when get to Mt.
(to Adrian, Dominik, Felicity, Gregorian, Monty, Sola, Terrence, Varus and Zolomon)

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Gregorian
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Last I spoke to Jinora 26/2/20 she said she wasn't coming back. Hopefully Varus recalls when he last spoke to her so we know which is the most up to date info! Would be nice if she was coming back. As far as I know the Tenderfoot hares aren't splitting up and will go to Redwall and then the mountain or get caught up in the abbey kidnapping and then go home. Not aware of any plans for Adrian and Monty wandering off alone forever though"
(to Adrian, Dominik, Elbio, Felicity, Quinten, Terrence and Zolomon)

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Felicity         
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i think these are all our actually active players O.o  just so y'all know, since we've gotten conflicting info as to when/if jinora's returning, i have contacted her and will let everyone know her answer when she responds to me
(to Adrian, Dominik, Elbio, Gregorian, Quinten, Terrence and Zolomon)

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Felicity       
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i think this is all of the actually active players.  please move and copy ALL discussions about what to do about the patrols and stuff to here: open, everyone can see it, it's fair for everyone 'cause everyone can have a say in it, and everyone can reference back to it and see what has been decided.  also, please read this: http://forum.rwmuck.org/viewtopic.php?id=1589 and comment on it, if you think it's necessary.  also, i have emailed otter about what to do and will hopefully be adding his thoughts to that post once they arrive in my inbox.
(to Adrian, Dominik, Elbio, Gregorian, Quinten, Terrence and Zolomon)