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Friday, May 1, 2009
Friday Discussion: Tell Me About Your Favorite Character (Really)
Tell us about your favorite character you've played. Bonus points for naming system, relevants stats/details, and how they met their grisly end (or when they retired). Liars and exaggerators welcome as always! Treat this like a B.S. session at your Friendly Local Gaming Store.
Readers, thanks for a great week, remember to have fun, and have a tremendous gaming weekend!
14 comments:
- Jonathan Hicks said...
My favourite character... there's been a few favourites. Mornard Winter in WFRP, Matthew Haskenn in MechWarrior, Zeke Greyfellow in Shadowrun, Goah Galletti in Star Wars...
But my absolute favourite was Tere Swordsong in MERP. He was a Scout but acted more like a Ranger and started out with very poor personality stats. Even though it was MERP my excellent GM Paul, who deserves most of the credit for his fabulous adventures, treated it more like a fantasy Europe and even though we touched on Middle Earth mythology we never delved too far into it, if at all.
Tere was a proper goodie two shoes at first, but when he pretty much raised an army to fight a bad guy called Seomund he was beset by all the problems of leadership - finding allies, supplies, morale and the rest of it. His decisions came back to haunt him over several games for a couple of years afterwards, what with disgruntled relatives of soldiers who died in his army blaming him for their loss and seeking revenge, or old adversaries thought dead coming back. He freed elven slaves from a corrupt city, lost an eye, married an elven maiden he had fallen in love with to strengthen the bonds between his army and the elven nations in his war and, in the last game I played him in back in 1991, had retired and bought the very inn where he had started his adventures in 1988, and had two sons and a daughter whom he named after the friends he had lost.
Tere was a cracking character - he was flawed as in he would not take control as a leader in any situation after he saw the results of his own leadership after the war with Seomund, and in the end he was loathe to go adventuring as he was afraid he would be parted from his family. He was a great personality and a pleasure to play.
I even remember his last line in the very last game he was in. he was in his fifties (we'd played thirty years of his life out in solo games), had got to quite a high level and he had saved the land a couple of times and had been sought out and pushed into questing by all kinds of people, mainly for their own ends. He was asked by a Prince in the neighbouring kingdom to help with a troll problem. Tere was behind his bar, the Prince asked him if he would help. He looked at his inn, his children and his wife and he said with a smile - 'You know... I don't think I will.'
Loved him.
- May 1, 2009 at 8:17 AM
- Zachary The First said...
Man, one response thus far. Last time I take recommendations for a Friday topic! :) And this may be the first time gamers have NOT rushed to tell people about their characters...
- May 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- rainswept said...
Let's have a tearful moment of silence for those of us who are 'career' GMs, and in 25 years have never been a player of any character for more than a single session someone elses' campaign.
- May 1, 2009 at 1:50 PM
- dicemonkey said...
@rainswept: Ouch. I can't imagine NEVER having played a PC. I'm primarily a GM, but occasionally, I force my players to run something so I can get in on that action.
@Zachary: I enjoyed hearing what you had to say about Pathfinder on the last Tome Show. That said:
My favorite character was Savrip the Kobold Lich. The wonders of 3.5 allowed me to make a kobold who worked in a wizard's lair, learning his ancient secrets before killing his master and becoming a lich. He constructed a Shield Guardian, making his eyes glow red, then placing a black robe over the massive body. He would cast all his necromantic spells through his shield guardian, and letting the guardian take all the hits. To any enemies they encountered, it looked like the Shield Guardian was the necromancer, and Savrip was just an undead kobold minion. It worked out phenomenaly.
Another favorite was Arlis the Tiefling Cleric of Pelor from 3.5 who sought to redeem himself for what he was by being a champion of virtue and good. He was a very deep and conflicted character.
- May 1, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- Zachary The First said...
@dicemonkey: Hey, thanks for listening! Hope I didn't come off as too boring. ;)
- May 1, 2009 at 3:13 PM
- Scott M said...
My favourite character is actually one that I'm running at the moment for Tunnels and Trolls (of course).
His name is Galneth Ydrech, a level 3 Elven Warrior.
Adds: +13
Missile: +25
Armour: 31
The reason I love this character is simple: he's still alive. Generally T&T characters, especially when playing solo games, don't have a great lifespan. The fact that he is level 3 is testament to his awesomeness.
Oh, and he has an enchanted terbutje (3d6+10) called Sally.
- May 1, 2009 at 3:41 PM
- Gleichman said...
I so can't do this... brain locks are holding firm.
Systems I can talk about, but not my characters. Those stay at home where they belong.
- May 1, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- Zachary The First said...
@Gleichman: You're stronger than many of us. I usually ward against doing it at cons, but I'm more permissive online. :)
- May 1, 2009 at 5:00 PM
- Mark Gedak said...
For the longest time, my primary character has been a halfling bard named Farnir. He has appeared in many guises in many world and many campaigns. Always he has a couple common traits:
1) He uses halfling skiprocks as his primary weapon choice. Rarely does he touch a melee weapon and only out of necessity.
2) He is a little more annoying to the other players every time I play him.
Some of Farnir's more annoying habits have been:
1) Instrument selection - his primary instrument choice is the cymbals, that he will clang, clang, clang all adventure long. He's also used the bagpipes and an old recorder (when I found one in my trunk from grade 5 or 6).
2) Poetics - at times he has completed all the verbal components of his spells with either limericks or haikus
3) The Charisma-y guy - once, just once, the party elected him party spokesperson. Whenever introduction the party they would be Farnir and the People Who Tag along. He would then introduce each other character by mispronouncing their names and adding and insulting title. When introducing himself, he would add one title to his name each time he was asked who he was:
Farnir, Defender of the Glen...
Farnir, Defender of the Glen and Champion of the Oppressed...
Farnir, Defender of the Glen, Champion of the Oppressed, Slayer of Winter Wolves who prey on small children, ...
Strangely, the other players seem to prefer that I most stick to DMing. [sigh]
Still as I DM I have Skeckzi, the Nagpa who talks like the vulture men in the Dark Crystal and Timmy the Bullette to entertain me.
- May 1, 2009 at 8:32 PM
- Will said...
I was almost always the DM, but there is one char that I'm currently playing and really love. Well, there are two, but I'll just talk about the one...
Tor is an escaped clone from the Star Wars RPG Saga Edition. He was in training for Spec Ops when Kal Skirata "killed" him and smuggled him out. He had his clone armor converted to true beskar'gam and travels as a Mandalorian mercenary. He captains the ship Arkham Razor with his friend and comrade Gabriel, an exile from a noble family on Naboo. After the Empire's rise to power the two lived on the fringes until Senator Bail Organa took them under his wing to begin the fledgling Rebel Alliance...
- May 1, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Hope it's not too late, not being Friday, but I've never thought about this question till now...
My favourite, from a long line of wizards, rangers and elementalists, was a Rolemaster 1st Ed Paladin, from one of the extra books. Back then RM made sense, too. Named Thalion, all the rest of the party were paladins, too, of a corrupt, broken realm, beset from all sides. Didn't make the 1st adventure, as broke a leg in a random encounter (RM - a REAL critical hits system), later fought side-by-side with doomed dwarven warriors, travelled to the elven kingdom, fell in love with an elven thief, hunted & killed vampires, fought an epic battle with a legendary demon spider, and perished defending a city from a dragon. Seriously, the super-large creature critical table has a result close to 'blow to heart kills opponent who falls on the attacker, dealing a huge amount of damage'. Good ending for a paladin who was considering sailing to the new land and giving up the faith. A morally ambiguous character who was bound by duty which often conflicted with the 'right' thing to do.
- May 3, 2009 at 3:18 AM
- Zachary The First said...
@pukeko: Never too late!
- May 3, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- rpgcharacters said...
Darlene Karvorof - international spy. My second character for the original Top Secret RPG. She's played through every official Top Secret module and all the ones in Dragon as well as nearly a dozen more along the way. She has multiple levels in all three of the departments of the core game - with the least levels in the assassination bureau (which was the most common bureau in our teenage games - surprise surprise).
Her standard cover is that of a jet-setting corporate efficiency expert. With her very high courage and willpower she storms through most situations leaving people open-mouthed and chasing after her for approval, instead of trying to stop her.
- May 4, 2009 at 10:49 AM
- David Nett said...
An easy one for me -- my favorite character is the one I've made internet-semi-famous as Jon Drake's character in GOLD: Lexall Flaggstaeff.
In the GOLD world, Lexall is a Drow Elven Priest/Mage in the game Goblins & Gold. But in the real world, he was my first ever character:
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1e)
Lexall Flaggstaeff
Drow Elf Fighter/Mage/Thief
Level at death: 7/8/9
2-handed combat weapons:
Longsword +2/+3 Frostbrand
Dagger +2
Lexall was brought into a party which had just survived the Scourge of the Slave Lords, and was entering Against the Giants/Queen of the Spiders. He started mid-level (I think 3/3/3 or something) and, despite being regularly unconscious, because the rest of the party was so high level, he moved up fast.
A cursed item found in the Underdark led to his eventual demise: a Ring of Contrariness. Because of the special properties of the ring, Lexall spent a good few months making the rest of his party, especially our uptight, mission-focused Ranger leader, totally crazy. In one huge battle with Drow forces, Lexall actually fled, abandoning his group, which led to a huge fight at the gaming table. Since none of the other players, much less their characters, knew my curse (and the magic forbade me from telling them), it was a tense couple of months. Finally, Lexall's acting-out led to his capture by Drow security forces, and his eventual torture and death at their hands.
I played several other D&D characters who were Lexall's brothers and sisters (and lots and lots who were not), but never had quite so much role-playing fun as I had with my first, before and even after his cursed ring. I think that extra story flavor from my excellent first DM, Jason, is what made me love gaming so much, and is what led me eventually to take a seat behind the DM screen, and stay there for most of the rest of my time as a gamer.
- David Nett
creator, GOLD (the web series that does double damage)
- May 5, 2009 at 1:11 PM


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My, don't we love to see spring in the Grand Valley. Goodbye swan on the Grand Mesa and hello green popping up, gray dreary days and the smell of burning weeds. Then comes the water in the ditches and asparagus and curbside trash piles. Seventy-five years ago folks pretty much looked forward to the same things and talked about the same things. Here are some examples that I gleaned from newspapers of late March of 1938.
• Boys, only boys mind you, were invited to meet at 2:30 in the afternoon at 12th and North for a kite flying contest. Prizes would be awarded for the kite making the highest flight; largest kite (must be flown to win); kite having the heaviest pull; and a two-minute kite flying contest. The kites had to have been flown by the boy who made the kite and prizes included six month memberships to the YMCA, cash and merchandise from various merchants.
• Spring hadn't shown its bright little daffodil face everywhere. From Ouray they reported that passes to Durango and Silverton were still closed because inadequate equipment had slowed down the removal of snow and ice. Crews had reached the top of the pass and teams and sleds had made it into the Camp Bird Mine. Makes me shiver from cold and fright just to write about it.
• Reports from Collbran weren't much warmer. The Little Creek School was closed on account of the roads being so bad and little Scotty Walck and his dad, Cecil, were on the mend after having suffered congested lungs.
• Loma schools were dismissed on a Friday because of bad roads. Seems a school bus got off the road Thursday evening and was not extricated until the next day. I imagine it mostly just slid off the road into that sticky Loma mud.
• On the bright side, the Cedaredge Ski Club reported that from Dec. 9 to March 5, 2,410 people used the Cedaredge ski course. The largest number of winter enthusiast to use the course in one week was 350 in January. The course had been closed for the past few weeks because of deep snow closing the highway causing the Steamboat Spring Ski Club to postpone their visit to the slopes.
• And ... Colorado National Monument superintendent Jesse L. Nusbaum boasted that in February of 1938, 1,425 tourists and locals visited the monument but also warned against the removal of rocks, trees and earth stating that "it is absolutely impossible to maintain the scenic beauties of an area if any timber is cut. The taking of a few hours of firewood may mean the destruction of juniper cedars that have been in the process of growing for a hundred years or more. The monument represents the frontier of that type of timber and we should do our utmost to conserve those trees. The preservation of the monument and its beauty largely depend on the people that use it." No truer words were ever spoken and are still relative today. That's what John Otto was talking about!
• Some people weren't any smarter back then. Two-and-a-half-year-old Donnie Lee Cromer was hospitalized in Fruita with a chest wound from being accidentally shot by his 4-year-old brother, Aaron Leon. While they were waiting in the car at the co-operative store their dad Al Cromer managed, the older boy picked up the gun his father left lying in the back seat and in an ensuing playful struggle, the trigger was accidentally pulled. I wonder if the loaded gun was accidentally left lying in the back seat and which one of the Cromers caught hell when they got home?
• Kannah Creek and Purdy Mesa were welcoming spring with Achievement Day at the Pride School. Folks met there to clean up the grounds, build playground equipment and paint. They were rewarded with a chicken pie dinner. Yum.
• On Central Orchard Mesa, the rural residents were hurrying to get their ditches cleaned out before the irrigation water was let in on April 1. They also met at the Lincoln school house to discuss securing lights and power for the district through Grand Valley Rural Electric. Hard to believe they didn't have it out there already.
• Some new things were happening in town. The Moose Lodge #270 had just instituted its charter with 50 Rifle Moose traveling to town to help with the ceremonies that were to take place in the hall of St. Mathew's Episcopal Church. It was noted that the new charter members were ambitious and aggressive and would progress rapidly in the work of the order. The Moose would go on to meet at 345 1/2 Main St. above the Manhattan Cafe. Now, of course, they are based out of their lodge on 25 1/2 Road.
• The Grand Junction Lions Club was busy with all their civic-minded business. Meetings were filled with talk of improving the road to Grand Mesa with President Kearl stating that "the present road is a disgrace ... summer tourists should have better facilities than at present." They also discussed starting a ski area on the mountain and preservation and restoration of local wildlife. I thought the Grand Junction Lions Club WAS the local wildlife.
• The local social life included a "galloping tea" where ladies of the Fruitvale district enjoyed an afternoon of quilting. Refreshments included nuts for the nutty, pickles for the love-lorn and toothpicks and water to those under sentence of the court and caused a great deal of merriment.
• Artist Frank Mechau Jr. of Redstone was one of the winners at the 113th exhibition of the National Academy of New York City; he won $700 and a gold medal for his paining "Last of the Wild Horses." At the time, Mr. Mechau was well known for his mural painting in Denver and Colorado Springs and was "prominently noticed in many eastern exhibitions." I found this particular piece of 75-year-old news interesting because the descendants of Frank Mechau are family friends, currently reside in Palisade, and still maintain the artist's studio home in Redstone.
• In the local sports arena, the community was excited about the American Legion's upcoming ninth annual 40 and 8 boxing and wrestling tournament. Entries were pouring in from remote sections of the state including Craig, Alamosa, Durango and even as far away as Price, Utah. The events would be divided into junior and senior classifications with titles at stake in eight weights from flyweight to heavyweight. As was the custom, watches were to be awarded to the title winners. Gabe Simone of Mesa Junior College and Jim Cornforth were favored glove amateurs and Alton and Eddie Spooner, Wesley Hayden, the two Buckley boys and Bernard Wilson all made the elimination rounds.
And so it was as it is today. There are still some old soldiers and ladies of the house that have a first account of 1938. They've survived another winter, and spring is especially welcoming to them. Go visit one of your favorite elders and take them out for a walk. Make them feel like a spring chicken again.
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Jerry Jones keeps hoping for playoff expansion to help his mediocre CowboysFrank Schwab at Shutdown Corner 7 mths ago
Jerry Jones joked on Monday about voting for playoff expansion because it might help his Dallas Cowboys get in the playoffs. Har har. A bit awkward, but whatever.
Then he repeated the same thing on Tuesday and it's harder to tell if he's joking. For all his faults, Jones is way too competitive to beg for the NFL to make it easier for his team to make the playoffs, rather than putting his efforts into winning more games ... right?
He reiterated his hope for expanded playoffs to Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram after NFL owners tabled a vote on expanding the playoffs from 12 teams to 14 until the fall:
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I mean, this guy's just begging to be made an example of.
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Minneapolis, with its publicly funded new stadium, wins Super Bowl LII bidFrank Schwab at Shutdown Corner 7 mths ago
New Orleans had a perfect record when it came to Super Bowl bids. But, NFL owners like rewarding cities that build expensive publicly funded stadiums even more than they love the Crescent City.
Minneapolis will be the home of Super Bowl LII in 2018, beating New Orleans in the final vote on Tuesday at the NFL owners meetings. The NFL has made it clear that if you build a stadium, as Minnesota is doing with the help of $498 million in public funds, it will do everything it can to get your city the big game. Nothing else matters. Not the fan experience, the weather during the week, or anything else. After all, NFL owners might want their own new stadium someday, and they'll want the tax money to make sure they don't pay for it. Minnesota's new dome will open for the 2016 season.
"I think it had a great deal to do with it, and we want to thank our public for giving that support," US Bank CEO and Minneapolis Super Bowl committee co-chair Richard Davis told NFL Network about how much public tax money led to winning the bid. "It's $498 million, one of the largest public-private partnerships, I think in the history of the NFL."
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Peyton Manning cleared after neck exam, will get $20 million and play in 2014
There was nothing about Peyton Manning's play last season that indicated his neck was bothering him.
The NFL MVP broke records for passing yards and passing touchdowns in a season and led Denver to the Super Bowl. But, as part of his contract, he has a full exam on his neck every offseason. That was a safeguard for the Broncos considering Manning had multiple surgeries on his neck and missed the 2011 season with the Indianapolis Colts. Once he's cleared each offseason, guarantees in his contract can kick in.
This particular doctor's appointment with Manning was worth $20 million.
He passed according to the Denver Post's Mike Klis, which was no surprise, and as a result the Broncos quarterback will have another $20 million coming to him in guarantees. Klis said the team and Manning's agent, Tom Condon, will start working on the process of guaranteeing that $20 million salary now that he has been cleared. Must be nice.
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Cornerback Brent Grimes re-signs with Miami Dolphins before he hits free agency
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Brent Grimes was set to be one of the top defensive backs in free agency, but Miami never let him get there. The team announced it had signed Grimes to a multi-year extension. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported the four-year deal is worth up to $32 million with $16 million guaranteed.
The team had the option to give Grimes the franchise tag before the deadline at 4 p.m. ET on Monday, but the two sides hammered out a deal to avoid that.
[Be sure to check out Shutdown Corner's NFL free-agent rankings. Click here for the list of offensive players, and click here for the list of defensive and special teams players]
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J.J. Watt pushes around a 1,000-pound tire, reminds us he's a beast
The NFL has some of the greatest athletes on the planet, but how many players in the NFL are more athletic than J.J. Watt? Not too many.
We've seen Watt do a 59.5-inch box jump. He has a ridiculous vertical leap. His 6.88-second three-cone drill time at the combine is the eighth-best among defensive linemen at the combine since 2006. He can broad jump 10 feet. He does all this at more than 290 pounds.
That's why the Houston Texans defensive end is the best defensive player in the NFL. He has unworldly physical gifts.
This is just another example: Watt put on his Instagram page a video of him pushing around a 1,000-pound tire (h/t to the Houston Chronicle). And he said he did it 30 times.
Oh, and Watt said he did this at the end of his workout. A cool down, if you will. He didn't look like he was struggling with it either.
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Report says Jim Harbaugh's 'act has worn thin' in 49ers locker room, but who cares?
After the 49ers' issues with Jim Harbaugh became common knowledge when it was reported that San Francisco and Cleveland discussed a trade for the coach, one of the themes has been that Harbaugh is difficult to deal with.
He and GM Trent Baalke don't always get along. He wants to be paid like a top coach and isn't happy San Francisco won't do that for him. And now Ann Killion of the San Francisco Chronicle writes that some 49ers players are sick of Harbaugh too.
"One source with inside knowledge of the team says that Harbaugh's act has worn thin in the locker room, particularly among some key 'face of the 49ers' type players," Killion wrote.
High-strung football coach rubs people the wrong way ... stop the presses.
What do the 49ers value? Winning, you'd think. Harbaugh has done a tremendous job restoring the 49ers as a top franchise in the NFL. Or is it more important to have a nice-guy head coach who gets along with everyone?
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Jeremy Maclin, Donald Butler among potential free agents re-signed before they hit market
The news that the salary capis rising substantially seems to have started a signing spree on Friday, of teams retaining their own players.
All of a sudden, the market got thinner.
Tight end Jimmy Graham will be franchise tagged by New Orleans, but that's no surprise. Baltimore re-signed Dennis Pitta, making the tight end crop look pretty thin.
Then the San Diego Chargers agreed to a multi-year deal with Donald Butler, one of the top linebackers who was set to hit the free-agent market on March 11. That was followed by the Eagles (who already extended center Jason Kelce and receiver Riley Cooper this week) signing receiver Jeremy Maclin to a one-year deal. Even though Maclin was coming off a torn ACL, he was expected to be one of the top free-agent receivers on the market.
The market does appear to be changing, however. A lot of teams aren't letting good players reach free agency.
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No surprise, New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham to get franchise tag
The New Orleans Saints slapping Jimmy Graham with the franchise tag comes as no surprise to anyone. What comes next is where it gets interesting.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that before Monday's deadline, the Saints will use their franchise tag on the tight end. Or is he a receiver?
Graham lined up as a traditional tight end on only about 33 percent of plays, according to ESPN and Pro Football Focus. The Saints will argue that he's a tight end, and the projected franchise tag for tight ends is about $6.8 million. For receivers it's about $11.8 million, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. That's obviously a huge difference.
The Saints would be smart to make one of their best players happy, but it's also understandable if they can win the battle and get the $5 million discount. Then one has to wonder if Graham will try to hold out.
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Richie Incognito getting treatment for 'severe mental stress'
After the Ferrari-bashing incident and a weird, rambling interview with a Phoenix television station, Richie Incognito is getting help.
NFL Network's Jeff Darlington said the Dolphins guard is being treated at a facility in Arizona after "severe mental stress" caused by the fallout from the Jonathan Martin ordeal.
After a very long few weeks, I can report Richie Incognito has accepted professional help in wake of severe mental stress from Wells report.
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) February 28, 2014
Incognito is currently being treated at a facility in Arizona after what has been some very stressful times for him & those closest to him.
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) February 28, 2014
That comes right after Incognito's bizarre interview about bashing his Ferrari.
Incognito welcomed them in. The station's story said he was polite.
His explanation of why his $300,000 car got knocked around with a bat was a little odd.
"So what happened?" the reporter asked.
"To what?" Incognito asked.
2014 NFL free-agent rankings (offensive players)
At 4 p.m. ET on March 11, the spending spree began. That's when NFL free agency officially opened. Teams had their wallets ready, with the salary cap increasing past $130 million, and hundreds of free agents available to drop millions on.
Every team hopes that pass rusher or wide receiver they just dropped eight figures on will be the one to push them to the playoffs. There's a little something for everyone this year, between instant stars and fine young bargains at almost all positions.
Here's the ranking of every significant offensive free agent (you can find the defensive free agents here) who teams will be clamoring to sign in hopes of building a winner for 2014:
1. Michael Vick: He's 33 and that 2010 revival season with the Philadelphia Eagles is getting further in the rear-view mirror. But he's still the most exciting player of this group.
4. Chad Henne (RE-SIGNED): He's not exciting, but he has recent starting experience. The Jags are bringing him back for a two-year, $8 million deal.


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Re: [alpha] INSIGHT -- NORWAY -- bio stuff on Anders Behring Breivik
Released on 2012-09-02 00:00 GMT
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Seemed to be some damaged pavement on one of the videos looked to be
across from building big standoff
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are you sure that is the blast seat? could you maybe explain what makes
that something you can call from the pics? could it have been a hole from
construction that filled in with debris? yesterday i was arguing it
wasn't completely clear, but if it is i would love to learn more about how
to make that call.
On 7/23/11 10:25 AM, firstname.lastname@example.com wrote:
We found a blast seat (the crater) yesterday where the pavement
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Stick or Fred -
From below:
He registered a private company "Geofarm Anders Breivik" 18 may
He then last year (time not quite sure, but probably last year or
early this year) bought or leased a live farm located on east bank
of Glomma river some 100 miles north of Oslo with mail and physical
address AAsta, Rena (nearest built up centre).
My cousin actually have large farming interests in the immediate
neighborhood and I know the area.
In name of the farm he then proceeded to procure six tons of
fertilizer from local commercial outlet.
This has been confirmed by seller and appears to have been a
non-remarkable action from a budding farmer.
Long planning, it would appear... How much explosive yield will six tons
of fertilizer (made into ANFO I'm assuming) create? Wouldn't that make a
fairly decent-sized crater? I know that we have not seen anywhere near
the full extent of the photographs taken at the scene, but as far as I
can tell we have not seen a crater in any of them.
Something I'm digging around for at the moment is the optimum ratio of
fertilizer to diesel/fuel oil, with an eye toward coming up with the
quantity of diesel he'd have needed for six tons of fertilizer, and what
the resulting mass might be....and from there, size of vehicle needed to
transport/place the bomb.
On Jul 23, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Mark Schroeder wrote:
PUBLICATION: if useful
SOURCE DESCRIPTION: Stratfor source (is a Norwegian oil man who's
worked in Angola)
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HANDLER: Mark
[source is currently in Norway though 200 miles from Oslo. Here's some
stuff he sent me on the attacker, I hope some of it is useful]
Hello Mark,
The information below will appear a bit unstructured, but best I can
do in a turn.
I will try to get a couple of highlights translated.
C c c c c c
The guy they've arrested is Anders Behring Breivik aged 32.
He has now been formally charged for both cases of violence.
Apparently unmarried(? - i.e. so far no mentioning) and lived with
his mother at Sko/yen (upper middle class section west part of Oslo)
until recently. Claimed to have lived in this area all his life.
Rumor / reports of a second guy at Uto/ya keeps showing up, but
remain unconfirmed.
Mr Breivik Picures from facebook:
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Normal conscript military training background.
Some political affiliation in form of ordinary membership for a
period in 'rightwing' mainstream political party Fremskrittspartiet
= 'FP' (Progress Party) (possibly the youth arm 'FPU'), but such
affiliation apparently terminated in normal fashion some time back.
Reports from the party notes 'nothing out of the normal' registered
from his period of affiliation.
Reported as low key, softspoken.
Following quotes from published blog
In the following quotes from this source are in quotation marks and
highlighted in yellow.
"(Oppdatert 23. juli: FrP har naa bekreftet fo/lgende paa spo/rsmaal
fra Aftenposten:
Han meldte seg inn i Frp i 1999 og betalte sin siste kontingent for
aaret 2004. Han ble fjernet fra registrene i 2006. (Rutinemessig
slettet pr 31. desember 2006, paa grunn av ubetalt kontingent i to
Han var medlem av lokallaget paa St. Hanshaugen i Oslo i perioden
2001 til 2003, og en kort periode i lokallaget paa Frogner i Oslo i
Han var engasjert i FrpU fra 1997 til 2007. Han meldte seg aktivt ut
i 2007.
Han hadde to verv i FrpU, han var formann i lokalpartiet Oslo Vest
fra januar 2002 til oktober 2002 og styremedlem samme sted fra
oktober 2002 til november 2004.)"
Other affiliation
Reported (non-official) rumor of free masonry affiliation.
Flwg claimed to be picture from his facebook page:
<Mail Attachment.jpeg>
"Han var frimurer i St Johannes-losjen So/ilene i Oslo. I 2008 har
han oppgitt daglig leder som stilling. Paa Facebook har han lagt ut
bilde av seg selv i seremoniskrud."
Contributor to a local website (www.dokument.no) which is apparently
now closed - temporarily or otherwise. According to my son who read
or heard some quotes, he appears to have discussed negative feelings
towards wide ranging and apparently non-sequiteur minority groups,
including jews, Nazis, third world immigrants, muslims etc. See
attachment which is claimed to be a collation of his writing.
I've not had time to review this.
Mr Breivik is apparently able to write in a manner that signal some
level of education/background.
I will review and follow up later if his writing seems to contradict
Current status
Mr Breivik registered a company
Kontaktinformasjon, Breivik Geofarm
<Mail Attachment.jpeg><Mail Attachment.png>
Telefonnummer: 90 08 73 34
Telefaks: Ukjent
Mobiltelefon: 90 08 73 34
Beso/ksadresse: AAsta o/st
2450, Rena
Postadresse: AAsta o/st
2450, Rena
Hjemmeside: Ukjent
Epost: Benytt kontaktskjema under
Kontaktperson: Anders Behring Breivik
"18. mai 2009 ble han registrert i Bro/nno/ysundregistrene som
innehaver av enkeltmannsforetaket Breivik Geofarm, med
forretningsadresse Rena i Hedmark, hvor han har en gaard. Han er
registrert med e-postadressen anders.behring @hotmail.com og
telefonnummeret 900 87 334."
"Geofarm kjo/pte seks tonn gjo/dsel paa en av Fellekjo/pets
forretninger 4. mai i aar, opplyser VG. Geofarm er terror-siktedes
Andres Behring Breiviks selskap."
He registered a private company "Geofarm Anders Breivik" 18 may
He then last year (time not quite sure, but probably last year or
early this year) bought or leased a live farm located on east bank
of Glomma river some 100 miles north of Oslo with mail and physical
address AAsta, Rena (nearest built up centre).
My cousin actually have large farming interests in the immediate
neighborhood and I know the area.
In name of the farm he then proceeded to procure six tons of
fertilizer from local commercial outlet.
This has been confirmed by seller and appears to have been a
non-remarkable action from a budding farmer.
Mr Breivik is reported to have registered and legal possession of
unidentified `rifle', shotgun and a `Glock'.
Identification of his hand weapon during action on Uto/ya was very
early rumored to be a `Glock', which is somewhat curious in light of
stressed situation and not many young people being able to identify
one from the other. He is reported to be member of pistol shooting
club which is normally a prerequisite for ownership.
Enough for this time.
Hope some of this help and trust you may be able to run a
translation of the 47 pages.
<Anders Breivik.docx><Anders Breivik.pdf>
Colby Martin
Tactical Analyst